Unit A55 (Red Rim)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Antelope
Antelope Hunt Area 55, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Red Rim, covers about 382 square miles in Carbon and Sweetwater counties. It belongs to WGFD's Baggs antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 68.9%, with 45 hunters taking 31 pronghorn at about 5.6 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 A55
Antelope Hunt Area 55, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Red Rim, covers about 382 square miles in Carbon and Sweetwater counties. It belongs to WGFD's Baggs antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 68.9%, with 45 hunters taking 31 pronghorn at about 5.6 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 55
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 55 "Red Rim". It runs to about 382 square miles, in Carbon (81%) and Sweetwater (19%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Baggs herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt area 53. 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: Five Mile Ridge, Sulphur Springs and Muddy Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 55 corner by corner. It starts where Wyoming Highway 71 crosses Interstate Highway 80 at the city of Rawlins. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 71, Interstate Highway 80 and Wyoming Highway 789, and Five Mile Ridge, Sulphur Springs and Muddy Creek. That is a legal description, not a habitat map, and it is the text a warden reads you against. 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 55s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 55 also belongs to its elk hunt area 55. 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: Red Rim-Daley and Carbon 1
WGFD administers the Red Rim-Daley Wildlife Habitat Management Area (25,915 acres) inside or across the line. WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 18,091 acres open for antelope: Carbon 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: Separation Peak, Coal Mine Ridge and Hogback Ridge
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 55 include Separation Peak at 8,479 feet, Coal Mine Ridge at 7,930 feet, Hogback Ridge at 7,285 feet, Red Rim at 7,226 feet and China Butte at 7,217 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: Jep Canyon, Ram Canyon and Slide Draw
Below them sit Jep Canyon at 7,184 feet, Ram Canyon at 7,180 feet, Slide Draw at 7,154 feet, Snowshoe Canyon at 7,062 feet and Hay Gulch at 7,036 feet. Those are the basins and bottoms of the area, and they are what you glass into from above.
Water: Chicken Spring, Coal Bank Spring and Piker Spring
Named water inside the line includes Chicken Spring, Coal Bank Spring and Piker Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside antelope hunt area 55 runs from 6,698 feet to 8,479 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A55 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Coal Mine Ridge (7,930 ft), Hogback Ridge (7,285 ft), Red Rim (7,226 ft), Cherokee Hill (7,030 ft)
Holding ground: Scotty Canyon (7,352 ft), Green Canyon (7,273 ft), Ram Canyon (7,180 ft), Red Rim-Daley WHMA, Walk-In Area Carbon 1
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 55
Antelope Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 68.9% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 55: 31 animals taken by 45 active hunters over 174 days of hunting, or 5.6 days per animal. By residency, residents 60% (21 taken by 35) and nonresidents 100% (10 taken by 10).
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) | 39 | 128 | 30.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 57 | 1.8% | — |
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 55, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 128 first-choice applicants for 39 licenses, 30.5% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 57 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 1.8% 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 55, 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 55, 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