Unit A76 (Copper Mountain)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 76, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Copper Mountain, covers about 515 square miles in Hot Springs, Washakie and Fremont counties. It belongs to WGFD's Copper Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 70%, with 70 hunters taking 49 pronghorn at about 4.1 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 A76
Antelope Hunt Area 76, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Copper Mountain, covers about 515 square miles in Hot Springs, Washakie and Fremont counties. It belongs to WGFD's Copper Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 70%, with 70 hunters taking 49 pronghorn at about 4.1 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 76
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 76 "Copper Mountain". It runs to about 515 square miles, in Hot Springs (89%), Washakie (8%) and Fremont (3%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Copper Mountain herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 79, 114 and 115. 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: Gold Creek, Wind River and Bighorn River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 76 corner by corner. It starts where Gold Creek intersects the east boundary of the Wind River Reservation. On the way round it follows B.L.M. Road 1409 and B.L.M. Road 1404, and Gold Creek, Wind River, Bighorn River and Nowater 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.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 76s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 76 also belongs to its deer hunt area 76. 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: Kirby Creek and Hot Springs 9
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list antelope among their species — Kirby Creek (11,503 acres). WGFD also lists 5 Walk-In Areas covering about 6,910 acres open for antelope, among them Hot Springs 9, Hot Springs 2 and Hot Springs 3. 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 Bighorn River-Wedding of the Water (13 acres) and Bighorn River-Kirby Ditch (2 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Copper Mountain, Guffy Peak and Stone Mountain
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 76 include Copper Mountain at 8,281 feet, Guffy Peak at 8,026 feet, Stone Mountain at 7,187 feet, Bridger Mountains at 7,102 feet and Bull Mountain at 6,303 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: Little V-H Draw, Devil Slide and Red Canyon
Below them sit Little V-H Draw at 5,470 feet, Devil Slide at 5,432 feet, Red Canyon at 5,258 feet, Major Basin at 5,216 feet and Minnick Basin at 5,215 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Side Hill Spring, Brontley Spring and Moore Springs
Named water inside the line includes Side Hill Spring, Brontley Spring, Moore Springs, Big Spring, Winter Spring and Dye Springs. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A76 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Guffy Peak (8,026 ft), Stone Mountain (7,187 ft), Bull Mountain (6,303 ft), Black Mountain (6,193 ft)
Holding ground: Devil Slide (5,432 ft), Major Basin (5,216 ft), Minnick Basin (5,215 ft), Kirby Creek Hunter Management Area, Walk-In Area Hot Springs 19
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 76
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 70% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 76: 49 animals taken by 70 active hunters over 201 days of hunting, or 4.1 days per animal. By residency, residents 63.2% (36 taken by 57) and nonresidents 100% (13 taken by 13).
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) | 62 | 165 | 37.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 56 | 3.6% | — |
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 76, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 165 first-choice applicants for 62 licenses, 37.6% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 56 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 3.6% 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 76, 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 76, 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