Unit 203, 291 (Pine Nut Mountains, Smith Valley and the Singatse Range)
Nevada Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Units 203, 291 cover about 1,715 square miles of Lyon, Douglas and Carson City counties, from the Pine Nut Mountains to the Singatse Range and Buckskin Range. NDOW's pronghorn sheet is brief: a list of valleys and ranges, from Smith Valley and the Artesia Lake Management Area to the Sunrise Pass area, plus a warning that some roads are rough enough to need four-wheel drive.
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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 203, 291
Units 203, 291 cover about 1,715 square miles of Lyon, Douglas and Carson City counties, from the Pine Nut Mountains to the Singatse Range and Buckskin Range. NDOW's pronghorn sheet is brief: a list of valleys and ranges, from Smith Valley and the Artesia Lake Management Area to the Sunrise Pass area, plus a warning that some roads are rough enough to need four-wheel drive.
Where to Find Pronghorn in Units 203, 291: Smith Valley, Artesia Lake and the Pine Nut Mountains
Smith Valley, Artesia Lake and Adrian Valley
NDOW's pronghorn sheet for Units 203, 291 is a list without commentary, so it's worth reading closely. On the valley side, it names Smith Valley, the Artesia Lake Management Area and Adrian Valley. Those give you open, lower country to glass, and the management area is a defined piece of ground you can find on a map.
The Singatse Mountains, Buckskin Mountains and the Pine Nuts
The mountain side of the list covers the Singatse Mountains, the Buckskin Mountains, the Sunrise Pass area, Mill Canyon and the northeastern side of the Pinenut Mountains. Note the direction on that last one. NDOW doesn't recommend the whole Pine Nut range, only its northeastern side.
That's the complete set. The sheet gives no biologist comments, says nothing about water, migration or how animals shift between the August archery hunt and the late-September muzzleloader hunt, and doesn't rank the areas. Treat the eight named places as your scouting list and check each one for animals before the season. The road notes in the next section connect to it directly, since the Sunrise Pass Road leads into one of the named areas.
The ground NDOW draws for this tag
A pronghorn tag for this group is good in units 203 and 291, about 1,715 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Lyon County, Douglas County and Carson City County. The named ranges inside the line are Pine Nut Mountains, Desert Mountains, Buckskin Range, Fernley Hills and Singatse Range. The highest named points are Mount Siegel (9,448 ft), Galena Peak (9,411 ft) and Oreana Peak (9,307 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 4,014 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 34 springs inside it, Cottonwood Spring, Double Spring, Lebo Spring and Barton Springs among them.
Unit 203, 291 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Mount Siegel (9,448 ft), Pine Nut Mountains (9,307 ft), Bald Mountain (9,213 ft), Granite Peak (9,053 ft)
Holding ground: Galena Saddle (9,179 ft), Sunrise Pass (7,094 ft), Minnehaha Canyon (6,291 ft), Delphi Springs, Carters Springs
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Pronghorn in Units 203, 291: Pine Nut Creek, Buckeye Creek and the Sunrise Pass Road
Pronghorn Success Rates
Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon: 13 of 15 hunters afield (87%); Horns longer than ears, archery: 1 of 2 hunters afield (50%); Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader: 1 of 1 hunters afield (100%). Figures are NDOW's own, from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.
Pronghorn Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Early Season buck only (resident) | 15 | 196 | 7.7% | — |
| Archery — Early Season buck only (resident) | 2 | 8 | 25.0% | — |
| Muzzleloader — Early Season buck only (resident) | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | — |
Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineFrom NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data. Demand is NDOW's count of tags awarded plus first-choice applicants who did not draw; its draw rate is tags over demand.
- Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon — Residents: 196 demand for 15 tags, a 7.7% draw rate.
- Horns longer than ears, archery — Residents: 8 demand for 2 tags, a 25.0% draw rate.
- Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader — Residents: 5 demand for 2 tags, a 40.0% draw rate.
NDOW's hunt data publishes no points-required figure, so none is given here.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Hunt Information Sheet — Pronghorn antelope, 203 291 — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Access, Recommended hunting areas, Biologist comments · accessed 2026-10-25
- 2025 Nevada Big Game Hunt Data — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Seasons, quotas and tags issued, Demand and draw rate by residency, Hunters afield, successful hunters and hunter success, Days hunted · accessed 2026-10-25
- NDOW Hunt Unit Boundaries — unit groups (ArcGIS) — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Units 203, 291, 1,715 square miles · accessed 2026-10-25
- Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the group — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Pine Nut Mountains, Desert Mountains, Buckskin Range, Mount Siegel 9,448 ft, Galena Peak 9,411 ft · accessed 2026-10-25