Unit A27 (Bill)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 27, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Bill, covers about 564 square miles in Campbell, Converse and Weston counties. It belongs to WGFD's Black Thunder antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 89%, with 118 hunters taking 105 pronghorn at about 2.7 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 A27
Antelope Hunt Area 27, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Bill, covers about 564 square miles in Campbell, Converse and Weston counties. It belongs to WGFD's Black Thunder antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 89%, with 118 hunters taking 105 pronghorn at about 2.7 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 27
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 27 "Bill". It runs to about 564 square miles, in Campbell (48%), Converse (35%) and Weston (17%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Black Thunder herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 24 and 29. What WGFD publishes for the area is its boundary and its harvest; where the pronghorn stand inside it is our reading of the ground, and the two are kept apart below.
The line: Cheyenne River, Antelope Creek and Dry Fork
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 27 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Wyoming Highways 59 and 450. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 450, Converse County Road 39, Weston County Road 7A and Converse County Road 38, and Cheyenne River, Antelope Creek and Dry Fork. 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 27s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 27 also belongs to its elk, deer and moose hunt areas 27. 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: Converse 14
WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 2,013 acres open for antelope: Converse 14. 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.
High ground inside the line: Black Butte, Gray Butte and Red Hills
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 27 include Black Butte at 5,098 feet, Gray Butte at 5,063 feet, Red Hills at 4,758 feet and Rochelle Hills at 4,636 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: Philips Draw, Piney Canyon and East Logan Draw
Below them sit Philips Draw at 4,712 feet, Piney Canyon at 4,680 feet, East Logan Draw at 4,658 feet, West Logan Draw at 4,658 feet and Rawles Draw at 4,637 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 27 runs from 4,221 feet to 5,098 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A27 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Red Hills (4,758 ft)
Holding ground: Nicholson Draw (4,830 ft), Black Butte Draw (4,798 ft), Boss Draw (4,737 ft), Walk-In Area Converse 14
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 27
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 89% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 27: 105 animals taken by 118 active hunters over 287 days of hunting, or 2.7 days per animal. By residency, residents 85.2% (75 taken by 88) and nonresidents 100% (30 taken by 30).
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) | 111 | 472 | 23.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 203 | 2.0% | — |
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 27, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 472 first-choice applicants for 111 licenses, 23.5% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 203 first-choice applicants for 4 licenses, 2% 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
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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 27, 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 27, 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