Unit 101 - 104, 108 - 109, 144 (Ruby Valley, Huntington Valley and Butte Valley)

Huntington, Newark, Ruby, Long, Butte and Clover valleys

Antelope in this group are widely scattered and well spread through each hunt unit. NDOW names six valleys where they're found: Huntington, Newark, Ruby, Long, Butte and Clover. Those are big valleys, and the sheet doesn't rank them, so plan to glass more than one.

Fields, the refuge and guzzlers

The animals are typically associated with three kinds of places: private agricultural fields, the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and the scattered natural and man-made water sources, guzzlers included. Two of those come with limits. The refuge is closed to big game hunting, and private fields need permission.

Horse-worn range

Wild horses have overused much of this unit group. NDOW's advice is to seek out the parts of the area that still carry decent vegetation.

The sheet covers the portion of Unit 144 in White Pine County along with Units 101 - 104 and 108 - 109. GNIS names the Ruby Mountains, the East Humboldt Range, the Diamond Mountains, the Butte Mountains and the Medicine Range among the ranges inside the line, though the sheet's advice is all about the valleys between them.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A pronghorn tag for this group is good in units 101, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109 and 144, about 4,954 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Elko County, White Pine County and Eureka County. The named ranges inside the line are Maverick Springs Range, Tognini Mountains, Elko Hills, Medicine Range, Butte Mountains and Diamond Mountains. The highest named points are Ruby Dome (11,366 ft), Hole in the Mountain Peak (11,284 ft) and Mount Silliman (11,241 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 5,068 feet. We don't print a land-status split for Nevada groups, because the figures we held didn't come from BLM's surface-management data; check BLM's current map for private parcels before you cross a fence or a cattle guard. GNIS names 189 springs inside it, Big Spring, Siri Ranch Spring, Mill Spring and Stinson Spring among them.

Public roads everywhere

Access is easy here. Federal, state, county, Forest Service and BLM roads run throughout the unit group, and NDOW calls access readily available on them. Named roads include CR 3, CR 1, State Route 229, US 50 and State Route 892.

Clover Valley, Ruby Valley and the refuge

Three exceptions matter. Private property shuts out public access in Clover Valley in Unit 101 and in parts of Ruby Valley in Unit 102. The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge is closed to big game hunting, even though antelope use it. If animals you've glassed are on private fields or the refuge, you'll need permission for the first and should leave the second alone.

Elko, Ely, Eureka, Spring Creek and Wells have groceries, fuel, lodging and other supplies, and Elko, Ely, Eureka and Wells have RV parks of varying availability. The Forest Service runs improved campgrounds at Angel Creek and Angel Lake in Unit 101, Thomas Canyon in Unit 102 and South Ruby in Unit 103, with fees and reservations through the federal recreation booking site. Dispersed camping is widely available on other federal land in the group.

The 2025 season in NDOW's own numbers

NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data is the hunter survey behind these figures: who drew, who went, who filled a tag. Success there is NDOW's own figure, successful hunters over hunters afield.

• Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon, Aug 22 - Sep 07: 75 resident and 8 nonresident tags. 78 hunters went afield and 67 filled their tag (86%). Hunters reported 2.9 days afield on average. 22% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
• Horns longer than ears, archery, Aug 01 - Aug 21: 25 resident and 2 nonresident tags. 20 hunters went afield and 6 filled their tag (30%). Hunters reported 5.6 days afield on average. 17% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
• Horns shorter than ears, any legal weapon, Sep 08 - Sep 24: 20 resident tags. 14 hunters went afield and 13 filled their tag (93%). Hunters reported 1.9 days afield on average.
• Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader, Sep 25 - Oct 04: 10 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 10 hunters went afield and 6 filled their tag (60%). Hunters reported 2.9 days afield on average. 17% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through the group are CR 3, CR 1, NV 229 and US 50. Our road inventory counts roughly 216 miles of pavement, 383 of gravel and 667 of high-clearance or four-wheel-drive track. The nearest towns are Lamoille (7 mi), Spring Creek (11 mi) and Wells (16 mi), measured from the centre of the closest unit in the group.