Unit A31 (Hat Six)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 31, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Hat Six, covers about 316 square miles in Natrona and Converse counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 80%, with 90 hunters taking 72 pronghorn at about 3.9 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 A31
Antelope Hunt Area 31, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Hat Six, covers about 316 square miles in Natrona and Converse counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 80%, with 90 hunters taking 72 pronghorn at about 3.9 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 31
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 31 "Hat Six". It runs to about 316 square miles, in Natrona (71%) and Converse (29%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Medicine Bow herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 30, 32, 42, 46, 47 and 48. 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: Casper Mountain, North Platte River and Deer Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 31 corner by corner. It starts at the intersection of Wyoming Highway 251 (Casper Mountain Road) and Wyoming Highway 258 (Wyoming Boulevard) in the city of Casper. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 251, Wyoming Highway 258 and Natrona County Road 505, and Casper Mountain, North Platte River, Deer Creek and Sawmill Creek. It is the description your license is good inside, so it is worth reading once in full before you go. 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 31s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 31 also belongs to its elk and deer hunt areas 31. 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: Hat Six and Converse 10
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list antelope among their species — Hat Six (1,394 acres). WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 318 acres open for antelope: Converse 10. 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 Deer Creek Canyon (2 acres) and North Platte River-Rabbit Hill (1 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Reno Hill, Muddy Mountain and Deer Creek Range
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 31 include Reno Hill at 8,760 feet, Muddy Mountain at 8,296 feet, Deer Creek Range at 8,205 feet, Six Horse Hill at 8,049 feet and Negro Hill at 7,704 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: Deer Creek Park, Negro Creek Park and Hess Draw
Below them sit Deer Creek Park at 6,933 feet, Negro Creek Park at 6,823 feet, Hess Draw at 6,755 feet, Trout Canyon at 6,019 feet and Rissler Draw at 5,935 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Water: Phillips Spring
Named water inside the line includes Phillips Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A31 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Reno Hill (8,760 ft), Muddy Mountain (8,296 ft), Deer Creek Range (8,205 ft)
Holding ground: Moonshine Canyon (7,048 ft), Trout Canyon (6,019 ft), Hat Six Hunter Management Area
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 31
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 80% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 31: 72 animals taken by 90 active hunters over 278 days of hunting, or 3.9 days per animal. By residency, residents 71% (44 taken by 62) and nonresidents 100% (28 taken by 28).
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) | 71 | 144 | 49.3% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 40 | 5.0% | — |
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 31, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 144 first-choice applicants for 71 licenses, 49.3% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 40 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 5% 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 31, 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 31, 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