Unit A46 (Kyle)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 46, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Kyle, covers about 398 square miles in Carbon and Albany counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 81.8%, with 231 hunters taking 189 pronghorn at about 3.3 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 A46
Antelope Hunt Area 46, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Kyle, covers about 398 square miles in Carbon and Albany counties. It belongs to WGFD's Medicine Bow antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 81.8%, with 231 hunters taking 189 pronghorn at about 3.3 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 46
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 46 "Kyle". It runs to about 398 square miles, in Carbon (89%) and Albany (11%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Medicine Bow herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 30, 31, 32, 42, 47 and 48. WGFD prints the line and counts the harvest. It doesn't say where inside the line the pronghorn live, so that part is our read of the ground, labelled as such.
Where antelope hunt area 46 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 46 corner by corner. It starts where U.S. Highway 30 intersects Wyoming Highway 72. On the way round it follows U.S. Highway 30, Wyoming Highway 72, Wyoming Highway 13 and Interstate Highway 80, and Rock Creek. 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 46s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 46 also belongs to its deer hunt area 46. None of it 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: Wick Brothers/Beumee and Simpson Ridge
WGFD administers the Wick Brothers/Beumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area (23,408 acres) inside or across the line. Its Access Yes program enrolls 2 Hunter Management Areas here that list antelope among their species — Simpson Ridge (42,168 acres) and Medicine Bow River (23,094 acres). 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 East Allen Lake (2 acres) and Rock Creek (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: Sheepherder Hill, Simpson Ridge and Bear Creek Ridge
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 46 include Sheepherder Hill at 7,962 feet, Simpson Ridge at 7,818 feet, Bear Creek Ridge at 7,475 feet, Pine Ridge at 7,472 feet and Saddleback Hills at 7,465 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: Spade Flats, Chapman Draw and Calvin Bend
Below them sit Spade Flats at 6,747 feet, Chapman Draw at 6,717 feet, Calvin Bend at 6,713 feet, Upper Foote Creek Flats at 7,491 feet and Simpson Gap at 7,122 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Sulphur Springs, Upper Fourmile Spring and Jacks Spring
Named water inside the line includes Sulphur Springs, Upper Fourmile Spring, Jacks Spring, Rolling Springs, Cronberg Spring and Barrel Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A46 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Sheepherder Hill (7,962 ft), Bear Creek Ridge (7,475 ft), Sand Hills (7,409 ft), Number 5 Ridge (7,104 ft)
Holding ground: Chapman Draw (6,717 ft), Calvin Bend (6,713 ft), Simpson Ridge Hunter Management Area, Wick Brothers/Beumee WHMA, Medicine Bow River 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 46
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 81.8% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 46: 189 animals taken by 231 active hunters over 633 days of hunting, or 3.3 days per animal. By residency, residents 79% (143 taken by 181) and nonresidents 92% (46 taken by 50).
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) | 115 | 218 | 52.8% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 190 | 2.1% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 80 | 57 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 3 | 38 | 7.9% | — |
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 46, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 218 first-choice applicants for 115 licenses, 52.8% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 190 first-choice applicants for 4 licenses, 2.1% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), residents: 57 first-choice applicants for 80 licenses, 100% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), nonresidents: 38 first-choice applicants for 3 licenses, 7.9% 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 46, 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 46, 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