Unit A57 (South Wamsutter)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 57, which Wyoming Game and Fish names South Wamsutter, covers about 1,775 square miles in Sweetwater and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Bitter Creek antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 88.6%, with 123 hunters taking 109 pronghorn at about 3.4 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 A57
Antelope Hunt Area 57, which Wyoming Game and Fish names South Wamsutter, covers about 1,775 square miles in Sweetwater and Carbon counties. It belongs to WGFD's Bitter Creek antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 88.6%, with 123 hunters taking 109 pronghorn at about 3.4 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 57
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 57 "South Wamsutter". It runs to about 1,775 square miles, in Sweetwater (72%) and Carbon (28%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Bitter Creek herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt area 58. 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.
The line: Cow Creek and Bitter Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 57 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Wyoming Highway 789 and the Wyoming-Colorado state line. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 789, Sweetwater County Road 19 and Interstate Highway 80, and Cow Creek and Bitter 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.
Ground WGFD opens: Tipton
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list antelope among their species — Tipton (58,470 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.
High ground inside the line: North Flat Top, Flat Top Mountain and Powder Mountain
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 57 include North Flat Top at 7,858 feet, Flat Top Mountain at 7,856 feet, Powder Mountain at 7,668 feet, The Haystacks at 7,639 feet and East Flat Top at 7,602 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: Long Draw, Horseshoe Bend and Dripping Rock Pit Number 2
Below them sit Long Draw at 6,897 feet, Horseshoe Bend at 6,896 feet, Dripping Rock Pit Number 2 at 6,874 feet, Wild Rose Draw at 6,810 feet and Hungry Hollow at 6,808 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Water: Hartt Cabin Spring, Moonshine Spring and Grindstone Spring
Named water inside the line includes Hartt Cabin Spring, Moonshine Spring, Grindstone Spring, Lower Willow Creek Spring, Lower Powder Spring and Patterson Springs. 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 57 runs from 6,062 feet to 7,858 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A57 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: North Flat Top (7,858 ft), Powder Mountain (7,668 ft), East Flat Top (7,602 ft), Powder Rim (7,571 ft)
Holding ground: Manuel Gap (7,119 ft), Haystack Flats (7,056 ft), Horseshoe Bend (6,896 ft), Tipton Hunter Management Area, Hartt Cabin Spring
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 57
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 88.6% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 57: 109 animals taken by 123 active hunters over 374 days of hunting, or 3.4 days per animal. By residency, residents 88.4% (84 taken by 95) and nonresidents 89.3% (25 taken by 28).
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) | 66 | 635 | 10.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 241 | 0.8% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 20 | 114 | 17.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 20 | 0.0% | — |
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 57, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 635 first-choice applicants for 66 licenses, 10.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 241 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 0.8% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), residents: 114 first-choice applicants for 20 licenses, 17.5% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), nonresidents: 20 first-choice applicants for 0 licenses, 0% 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 57, 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 57, 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