Unit A115 (Upper Nowood)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Antelope
Antelope Hunt Area 115, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Upper Nowood, covers about 1,013 square miles in Washakie, Natrona and Johnson counties. It belongs to WGFD's Copper Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 90.6%, with 171 hunters taking 155 pronghorn at about 3.8 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Antelope Hunting in Unit A115
Antelope Hunt Area 115, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Upper Nowood, covers about 1,013 square miles in Washakie, Natrona and Johnson counties. It belongs to WGFD's Copper Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 90.6%, with 171 hunters taking 155 pronghorn at about 3.8 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Pronghorn in Antelope Hunt Area 115
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 115 "Upper Nowood". It runs to about 1,013 square miles, in Washakie (87%), Natrona (6%) and Johnson (5%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Copper Mountain herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 76, 79 and 114. WGFD prints the line and counts the harvest. It doesn't say where inside the line the pronghorn live, so that part is our read of the ground, labelled as such.
The line: Canyon Creek, Bighorn Mountain and North Fork
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 115 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of the Blue Bank Road and U.S. Highway 16. On the way round it follows U.S. Highway 16, U.S.F.S. Road 25, U.S.F.S. Road 452 and Johnson County Road 3, and Canyon Creek, Bighorn Mountain, North Fork and Buffalo Creek. That is a legal description, not a habitat map, and it is the text a warden reads you against. The full text is in Section 5 of that chapter, with this year's season dates and license limitations in Section 2.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 115s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 115 also belongs to its deer hunt area 115. None of it shares a county with this one. A license is good only in the hunt area of its own species, so this page is about the antelope area, and the cards at the foot of the page link the others.
Ground WGFD opens: Upper Nowood and Deep Creek
Its Access Yes program enrolls 2 Hunter Management Areas here that list antelope among their species — Upper Nowood (3,982 acres) and Deep Creek (2,000 acres). WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 2,202 acres open for antelope: Fremont 30. WGFD's 2026 regulations open Access Yes land only for the species and dates listed for each area, with each area's own rules on WGFD's site and no motorized travel unless WGFD says otherwise. Public Access Areas such as Beartrap Creek/Pheasant (79 acres) and Wigwam Rearing Station (962 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Cherry Creek Hill, Monument Hill and Canyon Ridge
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 115 include Cherry Creek Hill at 8,497 feet, Monument Hill at 8,090 feet, Canyon Ridge at 7,887 feet, Devils Slide at 7,526 feet and Horse Butte at 7,435 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn stay on the open rolling ground and leave the timber alone.
Holding ground: Leigh Creek Vee, Canyon Creek Sinks and Sioux Pass
Below them sit Leigh Creek Vee at 7,606 feet, Canyon Creek Sinks at 7,400 feet, Sioux Pass at 7,140 feet, Onion Gulch at 7,054 feet and Walker Hill at 6,871 feet. Those are the basins and bottoms of the area, and they are what you glass into from above.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside antelope hunt area 115 runs from 4,411 feet to 9,657 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit A115 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Devils Slide (7,526 ft), Battle Mountain (7,067 ft), Mahogany Butte (6,449 ft), Lighting Ridge (6,209 ft)
Holding ground: Powder River Pass (9,657 ft), High Park (8,955 ft), Canyon Park (8,855 ft), Upper Nowood Hunter Management Area, Walk-In Area Fremont 30
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 Antelope Hunt Area 115
Antelope Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 90.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 115: 155 animals taken by 171 active hunters over 587 days of hunting, or 3.8 days per animal. By residency, residents 87.8% (115 taken by 131) and nonresidents 100% (40 taken by 40).
These are WGFD's own estimates from its hunter survey, for this hunt area and season only — not a statewide average. One season isn't a trend, so check the current report before you read one into it.
Antelope Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (resident) | 106 | 332 | 31.9% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 3 | 181 | 1.7% | — |
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.
Open in Draw Odds EngineWyoming Game and Fish's 2026 demand report for pronghorn in antelope hunt area 115, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 332 first-choice applicants for 106 licenses, 31.9% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 181 first-choice applicants for 3 licenses, 1.7% drawn
Wyoming residents draw pronghorn licenses without preference points; nonresidents draw part of their quota on points, highest balance first (Chapter 44, Section 19), and the nonresident figures above are from WGFD's random draw. WGFD publishes no preference-point level at which a hunt draws, so none is given here. Every figure was checked against WGFD's demand-report PDFs on 2026-08-10.
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Chapter 5 — Antelope Hunting Seasons (2026) — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Name and legal boundary of antelope hunt area 115, Season dates, license types and limitations by hunt area · accessed 2026-10-25
- Antelope 2025 Harvest Report — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Hunters, harvest, percent success and days per animal for pronghorn in antelope hunt area 115, The same by license type and residency · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD draw results and odds — demand reports 2021-2026 — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: First-choice applicants, licenses and percent drawn, by license type, residency and year · accessed 2026-08-10
- Chapter 44 — Regulation for Issuance of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, Preference Points and Competitive Raffle Chances — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Which licenses are drawn on preference points (Section 19), When preference points are deleted · accessed 2026-10-25
- 2026 Antelope, Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Access Yes Walk-In and Hunter Management Area rules · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD ArcGIS feature services — hunt areas by species, CWD sampling areas, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas, Walk-In Hunting Areas — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Mapped outline of the hunt area, Herd unit and square miles, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas and Walk-In Areas inside the area · accessed 2026-10-25
- TIGERweb State_County — Wyoming county boundaries (used only to measure which counties a hunt area lies in) — U.S. Census Bureau · supports: Which counties the hunt area lies in, and in what share · accessed 2026-10-25