Unit A45 (West Laramie)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Antelope
Antelope Hunt Area 45, which Wyoming Game and Fish names West Laramie, covers about 654 square miles in Albany and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Centennial antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 94.6%, with 671 hunters taking 635 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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Antelope Hunting in Unit A45
Antelope Hunt Area 45, which Wyoming Game and Fish names West Laramie, covers about 654 square miles in Albany and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Centennial antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 94.6%, with 671 hunters taking 635 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 45
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 45 "West Laramie". It runs to about 654 square miles, in Albany (82%) and Carbon (18%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Centennial herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 37 and 44. The boundary and the harvest figures are WGFD's. The read of the country inside them is ours, and it says so where it starts.
The line: Laramie River, North Platte River and Medicine Bow River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 45 corner by corner. It starts at the city of Laramie and Wyoming Highway 230. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 230 and Interstate Highway 80, and Laramie River, North Platte River, Medicine Bow River and Medicine Bow Peak. Read it as the legal edge of your license rather than as a hint about animals. 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 45s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 45 also belongs to its elk and moose hunt areas 45. 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: Forbes/Sheep Mountain and Strouss Hill
WGFD administers the Forbes/Sheep Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area (1,579 acres) inside or across the line. Its Access Yes program enrolls 2 Hunter Management Areas here that list antelope among their species — Strouss Hill (16,428 acres) and X-Bar Ranch (18,748 acres). WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 629 acres open for antelope: Albany 1. 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: Sugarloaf Mountain, Rock Creek Knoll and Rock Creek Ridge
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 45 include Sugarloaf Mountain at 11,402 feet, Rock Creek Knoll at 11,125 feet, Rock Creek Ridge at 10,644 feet, Rock Creek Point at 10,602 feet and Lulu Ridge at 9,885 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: Centennial Valley, Croonberg Draw and Moonshine Gulch
Below them sit Centennial Valley at 7,663 feet, Croonberg Draw at 7,433 feet, Moonshine Gulch at 7,415 feet, Windmill Hollow at 7,409 feet and Chokecherry Gulch at 7,272 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 45 runs from 7,141 feet to 11,402 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit A45 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Sugarloaf Mountain (11,402 ft), Rock Creek Knoll (11,125 ft), Rock Creek Ridge (10,644 ft), Rock Creek Point (10,602 ft)
Holding ground: Rock Creek Park (9,848 ft), Chimney Park (8,978 ft), Hells Canyon (8,388 ft), X-Bar Ranch Hunter Management Area, Strouss Hill 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 45
Antelope Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 94.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 45: 635 animals taken by 671 active hunters over 2,484 days of hunting, or 3.9 days per animal. By residency, residents 93.4% (483 taken by 517) and nonresidents 98.7% (152 taken by 154).
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) | 467 | 560 | 83.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 17 | 234 | 7.3% | — |
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 45, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 560 first-choice applicants for 467 licenses, 83.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 234 first-choice applicants for 17 licenses, 7.3% 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
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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 45, 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 45, 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