Unit A38 (Iron Mountain)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Antelope
Antelope Hunt Area 38, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Iron Mountain, covers about 2,357 square miles in Albany, Laramie and Platte counties. It belongs to WGFD's Iron Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 76.6%, with 649 hunters taking 497 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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Antelope Hunting in Unit A38
Antelope Hunt Area 38, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Iron Mountain, covers about 2,357 square miles in Albany, Laramie and Platte counties. It belongs to WGFD's Iron Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 76.6%, with 649 hunters taking 497 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 38
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 38 "Iron Mountain". It runs to about 2,357 square miles, in Albany (41%), Laramie (35%) and Platte (24%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Iron Mountain herd unit, and no other hunt area shares it. 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 38 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 defines antelope hunt area 38 as beginning in the city of Laramie and U.S. Highway 30; northerly along said highway to where U.S. Highway 30 crosses the Laramie River; northeasterly down said river to Interstate Highway 25; southerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the city of Laramie. 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 38s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 38 also belongs to its elk and moose hunt areas 38. Only the moose 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: Tom Thorne/Beth Williams and Pilot Hill
WGFD administers 4 Wildlife Habitat Management Areas inside or across the line, including Tom Thorne/Beth Williams (2,961 acres), Pilot Hill (3,012 acres) and Laramie Peak (37,114 acres). Its Access Yes program enrolls 4 Hunter Management Areas here that list antelope among their species — FE Warren (2,078 acres), Morton Pass (5,666 acres) and North Crow (6,215 acres). WGFD also lists 4 Walk-In Areas covering about 2,091 acres open for antelope, among them Platte 48, Platte 44 and Albany 11. 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: Pole Mountain, Sherman Mountains and Point Crawford
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 38 include Pole Mountain at 9,013 feet, Sherman Mountains at 8,975 feet, Point Crawford at 8,855 feet, Pilot Hill at 8,850 feet and Green Mountain at 8,752 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: Coyote Flat, Timber Canyon and Katie Brown Canyon
Below them sit Coyote Flat at 7,388 feet, Timber Canyon at 7,347 feet, Katie Brown Canyon at 7,342 feet, Long Flat at 7,246 feet and Plumbago Canyon at 7,233 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside antelope hunt area 38 runs from 4,871 feet to 9,013 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit A38 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Pole Mountain (9,013 ft), Green Mountain (8,752 ft), Turtle Rock (8,579 ft), Bennet Hill (8,423 ft)
Holding ground: North McKechnie Meadow (7,889 ft), Plumbago Canyon (7,233 ft), McIntyre Draw (6,900 ft), North Crow Hunter Management Area, Morton Pass 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 38
Antelope Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 76.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 38: 497 animals taken by 649 active hunters over 2,387 days of hunting, or 4.8 days per animal. By residency, residents 69.5% (337 taken by 485) and nonresidents 97.6% (160 taken by 164).
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) | 304 | 605 | 50.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 10 | 237 | 4.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 235 | 347 | 67.7% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 8 | 86 | 9.3% | — |
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 38, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 605 first-choice applicants for 304 licenses, 50.2% drawn
- Type 2, residents: 347 first-choice applicants for 235 licenses, 67.7% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 237 first-choice applicants for 10 licenses, 4.2% drawn
- Type 2, nonresidents: 86 first-choice applicants for 8 licenses, 9.3% 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 38, 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 38, 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