Unit A69 (South Rattlesnake)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 69, which Wyoming Game and Fish names South Rattlesnake, covers about 339 square miles in Natrona County. It belongs to WGFD's Beaver Rim antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 84.5%, with 71 hunters taking 60 pronghorn at about 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 A69
Antelope Hunt Area 69, which Wyoming Game and Fish names South Rattlesnake, covers about 339 square miles in Natrona County. It belongs to WGFD's Beaver Rim antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 84.5%, with 71 hunters taking 60 pronghorn at about 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 69
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 69 "South Rattlesnake". It runs to about 339 square miles, entirely in Natrona County. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Beaver Rim herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 65, 66, 67, 68, 74 and 106. 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: Dry Creek, Rattlesnake Mountain and Blue Gulch
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 69 corner by corner. It starts where Wyoming Highway 220 intersects the Dry Creek Road (Natrona County Road 321). On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 220, Natrona County Road 321, Natrona County Road 212 and Natrona County Road 319, and Dry Creek, Rattlesnake Mountain and Blue Gulch. 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.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 69s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 69 also belongs to its elk hunt area 69. 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: Natrona 11 and Natrona 12
WGFD also lists 3 Walk-In Areas covering about 64,228 acres open for antelope, among them Natrona 11, Natrona 12 and Natrona 13. 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: Rattlesnake Hills, Goat Mountain and French Rocks
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 69 include Rattlesnake Hills at 8,233 feet, Goat Mountain at 7,979 feet, French Rocks at 7,943 feet, Sagehen Hill at 7,703 feet and Saddle Rock at 7,526 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: McDougal Gulch, Roberts Draw and Keester Basin
Below them sit McDougal Gulch at 6,737 feet, Roberts Draw at 6,474 feet, Keester Basin at 6,469 feet, Greasewood Draw at 6,455 feet and Ryan Hill at 6,386 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Water: Black Rock Springs and Little Cross L Spring
Named water inside the line includes Black Rock Springs and Little Cross L 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 69 runs from 5,912 feet to 8,233 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit A69 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Rattlesnake Hills (8,233 ft), Goat Mountain (7,979 ft), French Rocks (7,943 ft), Sagehen Hill (7,703 ft)
Holding ground: The Meadows (7,539 ft), Deer Creek-Dry Creek Divide (7,461 ft), McDougal Gulch (6,737 ft), Walk-In Area Natrona 11, Walk-In Area Natrona 12
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 69
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 84.5% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 69: 60 animals taken by 71 active hunters over 240 days of hunting, or 4 days per animal. By residency, residents 84.2% (48 taken by 57) and nonresidents 85.7% (12 taken by 14).
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) | 78 | 211 | 37.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 79 | 2.5% | — |
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 69, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 211 first-choice applicants for 78 licenses, 37% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 79 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 2.5% 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 69, 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 69, 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