I’ve killed several antelope on private land no longer have permission there. My buddy’s boy wants to go out. We have four points looking for a good unit with BLM access

Good luck. I have 10 pts and haven't been able to draw for either unit I want in the last four years.

Antelope numbers are WAY down. You can check WY F&G website, navigate to the section that shows how many applicants for each unit and how many tags issued for each round of drawings before quota was filled.

There hasn't been any left over tags in years.

[quote=3togo]Good luck. I have 10 pts and haven't been able to draw for either unit I want in the last four years.

Antelope numbers are WAY down. You can check WY F&G website, navigate to the section that shows how many applicants for each unit and how many tags issued for each round of drawings before quota was filled.

There hasn't been any left over tags in years.[/quote


Thanks I was just looking at draw results it crazy how many points you need

Like 3togo said, look at the draw odds on the Wy G&F website. It's pretty straightforward for the Pref Point draw. Pick the unit(s) you would have drawn in 2025 that you would want to hunt. Wait until the new quotas are published in April and compare to the 2025 quotas to get an idea how likely you are to draw the unit(s) you are interested in. You have until the end of May to apply and there is no advantage to applying early. Consider applying in the "special" draw if you want to go bad enough to spend the extra $. Starting last year Wy increased the cost to be special by a lot. I had 2 pts and drew last year in the special for an eastern unit with limited public land. I wasn't choosey and just wanted a mature buck. I tagged out on the 3rd day. There weren't many pronghorn around or hunters either compared with what I saw in 2018 and 2019 in the same unit. To put how much it has changed in perspective, I didn't need a PP or to be special to have draw odds in the mid 80% in those prior years.

Last Sept. we drove from Denver to Gillette. Drove from Hiway 387 up hiway 50 to Gillette. Hiway 50 had antelope everywhere. Didn't see giant herds but lots of groups 3-10 animals. Visited with a rancher who lived just off hiway 50. He had non res groups that paid for certain hunting dates. Didn't see any giant trophies but sure no shortage of Antelope.

Numbers are down. Hope for a comeback. I drew a Red Desert unit with max points about 3 years ago. Probably be the last time I’ll see it.