Hunt area 79 antelope, type 9 (Any Antelope, Archer)

Hunt code
A-079-9
Unit
79, Big Horn
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 150 residents applied as their first choice for 37 licenses: roughly 25% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 32 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 7 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2025 was 66%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew. “Drew” counts the preference draw only; WGFD doesn't report random-draw winners by point level.

PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
911100%
811100%
74375%
Under 72600%
All32––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202643150––3257
202543145––2756
202442153––4055
202344155––2352
202245136––3055
202145140––3054
047202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025503366%
2023502040%

Reading these numbers

Nonresident elk, deer and antelope, and everyone's moose and bighorn sheep: 75% of each hunt's licenses go to the preference-point draw, highest points first (party points are averaged), and the other 25% are drawn at random among everyone who missed, points ignored. Residents draw elk, deer and antelope at random with no points; mountain goat, bison and the doe/fawn, cow/calf and ewe/lamb licenses are random for everyone. Nonresident 'special' licenses cost more and are drawn as a separate pool (hunt codes ending -S).

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Other hunts in unit 79

Units listed next to it

In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.