Unit A3 (Keyhole)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 3, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Keyhole, covers about 331 square miles in Crook County. It belongs to WGFD's North Black Hills antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 94.6%, with 204 hunters taking 193 pronghorn at about 3.2 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 A3
Antelope Hunt Area 3, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Keyhole, covers about 331 square miles in Crook County. It belongs to WGFD's North Black Hills antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 94.6%, with 204 hunters taking 193 pronghorn at about 3.2 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 3
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 3 "Keyhole". It runs to about 331 square miles, entirely in Crook County. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the North Black Hills herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 1, 2, 18 and 19. 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.
Where antelope hunt area 3 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 3 corner by corner. It starts where Interstate Highway 90 intersects U.S. Highway 14 in the town of Sundance. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 90, U.S. Highway 14, Crook County Road 68 and Crook County Road 263, and Cabin 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 3s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 3 also belongs to its elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunt areas 3. Only the deer area 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: Crook 7
WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 2,321 acres open for antelope: Crook 7. 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: Rupe Hill, Coal Mine Hill and Harvey Divide
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 3 include Rupe Hill at 5,543 feet, Coal Mine Hill at 5,385 feet, Harvey Divide at 5,185 feet, Coal Divide at 5,107 feet and Newman Divide at 4,901 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: Cyclone Canyon, Sidner Flats and Sage Draw
Below them sit Cyclone Canyon at 4,172 feet, Sidner Flats at 4,161 feet, Sage Draw at 4,131 feet, North Draw at 4,129 feet and Nefsy Draw at 4,121 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Huett Spring and Talbot Spring
Named water inside the line includes Huett Spring and Talbot Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside antelope hunt area 3 runs from 3,981 feet to 5,543 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A3 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Harvey Divide (5,185 ft), Castle Rocks (4,628 ft)
Holding ground: Sage Draw (4,131 ft), Hayworth Draw (4,116 ft), Walk-In Area Crook 7, Huett Spring, Talbot Spring
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 3
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 94.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 3: 193 animals taken by 204 active hunters over 609 days of hunting, or 3.2 days per animal. By residency, residents 91% (81 taken by 89) and nonresidents 97.4% (112 taken by 115).
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) | 180 | 92 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 19 | 255 | 7.5% | — |
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 3, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 255 first-choice applicants for 19 licenses, 7.5% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 92 first-choice applicants for 180 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.
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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 3, 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 3, 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