Unit A63 (North Ferris)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 63, which Wyoming Game and Fish names North Ferris, covers about 516 square miles in Carbon and Natrona counties. It belongs to WGFD's North Ferris antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 77.2%, with 92 hunters taking 71 pronghorn at about 4.2 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 A63
Antelope Hunt Area 63, which Wyoming Game and Fish names North Ferris, covers about 516 square miles in Carbon and Natrona counties. It belongs to WGFD's North Ferris antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 77.2%, with 92 hunters taking 71 pronghorn at about 4.2 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 63
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 63 "North Ferris". It runs to about 516 square miles, in Carbon (70%) and Natrona (30%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the North Ferris 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.
The line: North Platte River, Seminoe Dam and Seminoe Mountains
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 63 corner by corner. It starts at Muddy Gap Junction. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 220 and Natrona County Road 407, and North Platte River, Seminoe Dam, Seminoe Mountains and Bradley 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 63s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 63 also belongs to its elk hunt area 63. 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: Morgan Creek
WGFD administers the Morgan Creek Wildlife Habitat Management Area (4,738 acres) inside or across the line. Public Access Areas such as North Platte River-Pathfinder Ranches (36 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Ferris Mountains, Bradley Peak and Junk Hill
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 63 include Ferris Mountains at 10,012 feet, Bradley Peak at 8,914 feet, Junk Hill at 7,711 feet, Bear Mountain at 7,530 feet and Sentinel Rocks at 7,254 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: Miners Canyon, Sand Creek Canyon and Beef Acre
Below them sit Miners Canyon at 6,382 feet, Sand Creek Canyon at 6,345 feet, Beef Acre at 6,218 feet, Castle Basin at 6,139 feet and Horseshoe Basin at 5,980 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Water: McCain Spring and Swede Spring
Named water inside the line includes McCain Spring and Swede 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 63 runs from 5,818 feet to 10,012 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.
Unit A63 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Ferris Mountains (10,012 ft), Junk Hill (7,711 ft), Bear Mountain (7,530 ft), Sentinel Rocks (7,254 ft)
Holding ground: Youngs Pass (8,749 ft), Pole Canyon (7,928 ft), Arkansas Flats (6,730 ft), Morgan Creek WHMA
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 63
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 77.2% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 63: 71 animals taken by 92 active hunters over 299 days of hunting, or 4.2 days per animal. By residency, residents 71% (49 taken by 69) and nonresidents 95.7% (22 taken by 23).
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) | 76 | 174 | 43.7% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 70 | 2.9% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 60 | 149 | 40.3% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 43 | 4.7% | — |
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 63, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 174 first-choice applicants for 76 licenses, 43.7% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), residents: 149 first-choice applicants for 60 licenses, 40.3% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 70 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 2.9% drawn
- Type 2 (any antelope), nonresidents: 43 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 4.7% 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 63, 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 63, 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
- 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