Unit A32 (Bates Creek)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Antelope
Antelope Hunt Area 32, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Bates Creek, covers about 709 square miles in Natrona and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 87.6%, with 1,216 hunters taking 1,065 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 A32
Antelope Hunt Area 32, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Bates Creek, covers about 709 square miles in Natrona and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 87.6%, with 1,216 hunters taking 1,065 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 32
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 32 "Bates Creek". It runs to about 709 square miles, in Natrona (83%) and Carbon (16%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Medicine Bow herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 30, 31, 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: Pathfinder Dam, North Platte River and Casper Mountain
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 32 corner by corner. It starts where the Pathfinder Dam crosses the North Platte River. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 220, Wyoming Highway 258, Wyoming Highway 251 and Natrona County Road 505, and Pathfinder Dam, North Platte River, Casper Mountain and Red 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 32s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 32 also belongs to its elk, deer and moose hunt areas 32. 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: Muddy Mountain and Natrona 161
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list antelope among their species — Muddy Mountain (46,195 acres). WGFD also lists 2 Walk-In Areas covering about 5,664 acres open for antelope, among them Natrona 161 and Natrona 26. 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 North Platte River-Hartnett (5 acres) and North Platte River-By the Way Ranch are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Casper Mountain, Chalk Mountain and Ice Cave Mountain
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 32 include Casper Mountain at 8,176 feet, Chalk Mountain at 7,992 feet, Ice Cave Mountain at 7,761 feet, Horse Peak at 7,547 feet and Bear Mountain at 7,520 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: Sand Draw, Bates Hole and Fremont Canyon
Below them sit Sand Draw at 5,887 feet, Bates Hole at 5,571 feet, Fremont Canyon at 5,501 feet, Gotheberg Draw at 5,400 feet and Jackson Canyon at 5,395 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 32 runs from 5,160 feet to 8,176 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A32 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Chalk Mountain (7,992 ft), Horse Peak (7,547 ft), Coal Mountain (7,024 ft), Twin Buttes (6,752 ft)
Holding ground: Mud Springs Draw (6,951 ft), Sand Draw (6,244 ft), Muddy Mountain Hunter Management Area, Walk-In Area Natrona 161, Walk-In Area Natrona 26
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 32
Antelope Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 87.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 32: 1,065 animals taken by 1,216 active hunters over 4,059 days of hunting, or 3.8 days per animal. By residency, residents 83.9% (774 taken by 922) and nonresidents 99% (291 taken by 294).
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) | 420 | 1,075 | 39.1% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 16 | 502 | 3.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 199 | 157 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 7 | 110 | 6.4% | — |
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 32, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 1,075 first-choice applicants for 420 licenses, 39.1% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 502 first-choice applicants for 16 licenses, 3.2% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), residents: 157 first-choice applicants for 199 licenses, 100% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), nonresidents: 110 first-choice applicants for 7 licenses, 6.4% 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 32, 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 32, 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