Unit A78 (McCullough Peaks)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Antelope Hunt Area 78, which Wyoming Game and Fish names McCullough Peaks, covers about 939 square miles in Big Horn and Park counties. It belongs to WGFD's Carter Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 92.4%, with 170 hunters taking 157 pronghorn at about 4.5 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 A78
Antelope Hunt Area 78, which Wyoming Game and Fish names McCullough Peaks, covers about 939 square miles in Big Horn and Park counties. It belongs to WGFD's Carter Mountain antelope herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put pronghorn success here at 92.4%, with 170 hunters taking 157 pronghorn at about 4.5 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 78
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names antelope hunt area 78 "McCullough Peaks". It runs to about 939 square miles, in Big Horn (68%) and Park (32%) counties. WGFD reports these pronghorn as the Carter Mountain herd unit, which also takes in antelope hunt areas 81 and 82. 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: Shoshone River, Bighorn River and Greybull River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 5 walks the line around antelope hunt area 78 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of U.S. Highway 120 and U.S. Highway 14-16-20 in the town of Cody. On the way round it follows U.S. Highway 120, U.S. Highway 14-16-20, Big Horn County Road 8 and Wyoming Highway 30, and Shoshone River, Bighorn River and Greybull River. 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 78s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 78 also belongs to its elk and deer hunt areas 78. None of them 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: Yellowtail and Yellowtail
WGFD administers the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area (19,203 acres) inside or across the line. Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list antelope among their species — Yellowtail (19,487 acres). WGFD also lists 13 Walk-In Areas covering about 8,911 acres open for antelope, among them Park 1, Park 3 and Big Horn 2. 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: McCullough Peaks, Little Sheep Mountain and Sheep Mountain
Named high points inside antelope hunt area 78 include McCullough Peaks at 6,523 feet, Little Sheep Mountain at 5,157 feet, Sheep Mountain at 5,069 feet, Gilmore Hill at 5,025 feet and Red Point at 4,979 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: Willwood Draw, Emblem Draw and Roan Wash
Below them sit Willwood Draw at 4,249 feet, Emblem Draw at 4,218 feet, Roan Wash at 4,120 feet, East Fork Sand Draw at 4,118 feet and South Fork Kellerman Gulch at 4,101 feet. Those are the basins and bottoms of the area, and they are what you glass into from above.
Water: Black Spring and Stone Barn Spring
Named water inside the line includes Black Spring and Stone Barn Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit A78 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: McCullough Peaks (6,523 ft), Little Sheep Mountain (5,157 ft), Sheep Mountain (5,069 ft), Gilmore Hill (5,025 ft)
Holding ground: Red Point Draw (4,777 ft), Penney Gulch (4,670 ft), Emblem Draw (4,218 ft), Walk-In Area Big Horn 2, Walk-In Area Park 3
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 78
Pronghorn Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 92.4% pronghorn success in antelope hunt area 78: 157 animals taken by 170 active hunters over 712 days of hunting, or 4.5 days per animal. By residency, residents 88.7% (118 taken by 133) and nonresidents 105.4% (39 taken by 37).
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) | 70 | 763 | 9.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 119 | 1.7% | — |
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 78, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any antelope), residents: 763 first-choice applicants for 70 licenses, 9.2% drawn
- Type 1 (any antelope), nonresidents: 119 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 1.7% 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 78, 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 78, 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