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Wyoming Pronghorn

Unit 005 (Bighorn Basin North)

Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn

Antelope Area 5 covers northern Bighorn Basin country near Cody and Powell — sage flats and broken rim terrain. About 198 tags against 609 3-year applicants place it in the mid-tier difficulty band. Trophy bucks come off the interior BLM blocks.

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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 005

Antelope Area 5 covers northern Bighorn Basin country near Cody and Powell — sage flats and broken rim terrain. About 198 tags against 609 3-year applicants place it in the mid-tier difficulty band. Trophy bucks come off the interior BLM blocks.

Where to Find Pronghorn in Area 5

Area 5 pronghorn scatter across sage basins north of the Bighorn River. Public access clusters on BLM ground west of Powell.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

Northern Bighorn Basin antelope hunts typically show 80%+ buck-hunt success per WGFD harvest data.

Pronghorn Draw Odds

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts (n/p)
Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (resident) 7019236.5% —
Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) 2653.1% —

Data from 2026 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.

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WGFD publishes no point cutoff for this hunt, so the number worth planning around is the pool itself: the Type 1 hunt in 2026 ran 3.1% for nonresidents (2 tags, 65 applicants), and 36.5% for residents (70 tags, 192 applicants).

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Area 5 have private-land issues?
Yes — private inholdings are common. Always verify boundaries with BLM surface-ownership maps and the WIA atlas.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-04-17.

  1. WGFD Hunt Planner — Antelope — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Pronghorn Area 5 boundaries · accessed 2026-04-17
  2. 2025 Wyoming Hunting Regulations — Antelope — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Season dates, License types · accessed 2026-04-17
  3. WGFD Drawing Statistics — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Area 5 historical draw odds · accessed 2026-04-17
  4. BLM Cody Field Office — Bureau of Land Management · supports: Public-land access maps · accessed 2026-04-17