Unit A16 (Ucross)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 16, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Ucross, covers about 663 square miles in Johnson and Sheridan counties. It belongs to WGFD's Leiter antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 84.5%, with 193 hunters taking 163 pronghorn at about 4.8 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit A16
Antelope Hunt Area 16, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Ucross, covers about 663 square miles in Johnson and Sheridan counties. It belongs to WGFD's Leiter antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 84.5%, with 193 hunters taking 163 pronghorn at about 4.8 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 16
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 16 "Ucross". It runs to about 663 square miles, in Johnson (76%) and Sheridan (24%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Leiter herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 10 and 15. The boundary and the harvest figures are WGFD's. The read of the country inside them is ours, and it says so where it starts.
Where antelope hunt area 16 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 defines antelope hunt area 16 as beginning where U.S. Highway 14 crosses the Powder River; southerly up said river to Interstate Highway 90; northwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 16; northeasterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 14; easterly along said highway to the Powder River. Read it as the legal edge of your license rather than as a hint about animals. 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 16s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 16 also belongs to its elk and moose hunt areas 16. None of them 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: Johnson 3
WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 4,001 acres open for antelope: Johnson 3. 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 Healy Reservoir (382 acres) and Red Horse (9 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Arpan Butte
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 16 include Arpan Butte at 4,512 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn live in the open and trust their eyes, which is the whole problem.
Holding ground: McNeese Draw, Kumor Draw and Healy Draw
Below them sit McNeese Draw at 4,405 feet, Kumor Draw at 4,401 feet, Healy Draw at 4,392 feet, McNeese Draw at 4,376 feet and Antelope Basin at 4,358 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside antelope hunt area 16 runs from 3,636 feet to 4,583 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A16 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Arpan Butte (4,512 ft)
Holding ground: Center Draw (4,492 ft), McNeese Draw (4,405 ft), Antelope Basin (4,358 ft), Walk-In Area Johnson 3
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 16
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 84.5% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 16: 163 animals taken by 193 active hunters over 780 days of hunting, or 4.8 days per animal. By residency, residents 79.5% (97 taken by 122) and nonresidents 93% (66 taken by 71).
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.
Pronghorn Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (resident) | 158 | 113 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 5 | 209 | 2.4% | — |
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 16, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 209 first-choice applicants for 5 licenses, 2.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 113 first-choice applicants for 158 licenses, 100% 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.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 16, 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 16, 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