Pronghorn buck standing in golden evening grass on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming

Wyoming Pronghorn Area 97 Type 2 Draw Odds

Pronghorn hunt area 097, type 2 (any antelope, as WGFD labels it). Jump to resident odds or nonresident odds.

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS Mountain-Prairie), public domain. Photo credits

Fact	Value
Hunt	Pronghorn, Area 97 Type 2: any antelope
2026 resident quota / first-choice applicants	18 / 33
2026 resident simple odds (random draw)	54.5%
2026 nonresident regular quota: preference pool / random pool	4 / 1
2026 nonresident special quota: preference pool / random pool	2 / 0
2026 nonresident regular: preference cut	4 pts (22% drew at that level)
2026 nonresident special: preference cut	no applicants

Resident odds (2026 draw)

Wyoming residents draw pronghorn licenses by random draw; preference points do not apply to residents for this species, so every resident applicant has the same chance. Simple odds are quota divided by first-choice applicants (second and third choices only pick up what is left).

Draw year	Resident quota	1st-choice applicants	Simple odds
2023	17	26	65.4%
2024	19	43	44.2%
2025	17	59	28.8%
2026	18	33	54.5%

Resident outlook for 2027

Resident odds moved -3.6 percentage points a year on average from 2023 to 2026. If quota and demand follow that line, 2027 odds land near 51%.

Nonresident odds by preference point (2026 draw)

For nonresidents WGFD sets aside most licenses for a preference-point draw and the rest for a random draw that also takes everyone who missed in the point draw. The first odds column is WGFD's published first-choice success rate at each level; the second adds our simple random-draw estimate (random quota over first-choice random applicants). Rows marked < are party applications whose averaged points fall between two levels.

Regular license

Your points	1st-choice applicants	Preference draw odds (WGFD)	With random draw added (est.)
5	2	100.0%	100.0%
4	9	22.2%	25.8%
< 4	15	0.0%	4.5%

Forecast for 2027: About 5 preference points is where the draw is likely to cut off next year, so applicants at 6 or more are likely to draw on first choice. Point creep has averaged +0.26 points a year (2023 to 2026). Confidence: medium.

Special license (higher fee, separate quota)

Your points	1st-choice applicants	Preference draw odds (WGFD)	With random draw added (est.)

Forecast for 2027: The trend points to a hunt that draws without points next year if quota and demand hold.

History

Draw year	NR regular cut	NR special cut	NR random odds (regular)
2023	< 4 pts (50% drew at that level)	1 pts (20% drew at that level)	0.0%
2024	4 pts (25% drew at that level)	3 pts (67% drew at that level)	0.0%
2025	3 pts (33% drew at that level)	every applicant drew	11.1%
2026	4 pts (22% drew at that level)	no applicants	4.5%

Forecast method: how we forecast point creep. It is a trend line, not a promise.

Notes from TagCanyon

In 2026, 33 residents listed this hunt first for 18 resident licenses. The nonresident regular points-to-draw index went from 4.0 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2026.

Deadline

Applications open Jan 2 and close Jun 1 on WGFD's current dates table (results in mid-June). Confirm the 2027 dates on WGFD's page. WGFD application dates.

Source: Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), 2026 Demand Reports (WGFD draw results and odds). Tables, forecasts and text are TagCanyon's own. Not affiliated with WGFD. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026.