Can a hunter draw a nonresident pronghorn licence for hunt area 103?

Hunt area 103 is a limited-quota draw for both residents and nonresidents. A nonresident must draw a licence specific to this hunt area; no general pronghorn licence exists in Wyoming. Within the nonresident pool, three quarters of the licences are awarded to applicants with the most preference points, and the remaining quarter are drawn at random.

Does a Wyoming resident need preference points for pronghorn in this hunt area?

Wyoming residents do not earn or use preference points for pronghorn. The resident pronghorn draw is random, with no point cutoff or point system at all. A resident applies once to the random draw for hunt area 103 regardless of past applications.

Which walk-in areas are open to pronghorn hunting in hunt area 103?

Three walk-in areas are available: Platte County Walk In Area 1, Platte County Walk In Area 3 and Goshen County Walk In Area 41. No permission slip is required to use them during their open periods, but enrollment is renegotiated annually and cannot be assumed for a future season.

What does the Broom Creek Hunter Management Area require?

The Broom Creek HMA is private ground where hunters must carry a printed permission slip from Wyoming Game and Fish before hunting. Enrollment is renegotiated annually, so availability cannot be guaranteed in advance.

What pronghorn can be legally taken during the archery and rifle seasons on hunt area 103?

The Type 1 archery season (August 15–October 4) and regular season (October 5–October 31) allow any antelope. The Type 6 archery season (August 15–October 4) and regular season (October 5–November 30) are limited to does or fawns only.

Wyoming Hunt Area 103 (Dwyer) pronghorn hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

19%

Elevation

4,200–10,200 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Hunt area 103 ranges from 4,200 to 10,200 feet, with most ground sitting around 5,000 feet. The landscape is a rolling mix of grassland and agricultural ground, broken by scattered sagebrush draws and pockets of mixed conifer as elevation climbs toward the western ridges. Slope averages 5.7 degrees across the area, so most of the country is foot-friendly; grass and meadow dominate the lower and middle elevations, with sagebrush increasing in the higher bands. The open terrain makes glassing productive and stalking feasible where access allows.

Getting onto ground to hunt is the real challenge here. Public land—BLM, State Trust Land, State Wildlife Areas and National Forest combined—accounts for 19% of the area, roughly 213 square miles, but access to it is fragmented and complicated by roads, seasonal closures and inholdings. Private ground makes up 78% of the hunt area, so a hunter intent on hunting private land should identify and secure access before drawing a licence. Three walk-in areas—Platte County Walk In Area 1, Platte County Walk In Area 3 and Goshen County Walk In Area 41—offer access during their open periods without permission slips, though their enrollment is renegotiated annually and cannot be counted on year to year. The Broom Creek Hunter Management Area is available by printed permission slip, also subject to annual enrollment.

Crowding concentrates on whatever public ground is accessible, especially early in the season. Hunters who can shift their timing into October or November may find less pressure and better hunting as the fall deepens.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 103 (Dwyer) is limited quota. A licence for it must be drawn for this hunt area specifically, by resident and nonresident alike. Wyoming issues no general pronghorn licence and no region pronghorn licence, so there is no over-the-counter option and no regional fallback: every pronghorn hunt area in the state is drawn on its own.

Wyoming residents have no preference points for pronghorn — the resident pronghorn draw is random, and no resident point cutoff exists for any hunt area in the state. For nonresidents points matter a great deal: Wyoming awards 75% of each nonresident pool through the preference-point draw, top-down by points, and the remaining 25% at random. Nonresidents also choose between the Regular and Special pools — the same hunts at two price points, competing separately.

Seasons (2026)

Type 1 · Any antelope
Archery August 15 – October 4Regular October 5 – October 31
Type 6 · Doe or fawn
Archery August 15 – October 4Regular October 5 – November 30

The wording of each hunt is the Wyoming Game & Fish Department’s and is legally exact — a “cow or calf” hunt is not a pronghorn hunt in general, and a hunt limited to part of the area is not valid across it. Confirm every hunt in the current regulations before applying.

Hunting each season

Type 1 — Any antelope (August–October)

Archery hunting on hunt area 103 runs August 15 to October 4 for any antelope, and the regular rifle season follows October 5 to October 31. During archery, pronghorn are in pre-rut movement and territory formation in mid-August, building toward the primary rut in late August and September, then sliding into the tail end of the rut as October begins. Early archery means warm days in the mid-80s cooling into the 60s by October, with virtually no snow. Rifle season opens as the rut winds down and fall grouping begins, with temperatures dropping into the 30s and 40s and the first of the season's regular snowfall arriving. Access to public ground is spotty and fragmented, so scouting and securing private land access before the season is essential. Any antelope may be taken throughout both windows.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn (August–November)

The Type 6 season for does and fawns runs archery August 15 to October 4 and regular rifle October 5 through November 30. The archery window coincides with pre-rut and rut activity much like Type 1, with warm August days and cooling conditions by early October; rifle season extends into late fall as temperatures slide from the 40s into the 20s and snowfall accumulates to around 2 inches by November. Only does or fawns may be taken, which is the legal limitation throughout both seasons. The extended regular season stretches into November, offering hunters who draw the option to hunt later when crowding on public ground may ease. Access remains constrained to scattered public parcels and the walk-in and management areas available in the hunt area.

Land and access

private land78%

Private

State Trust Land10%

Generally open to public hunting

National Forest5%

Generally open to public hunting

BLM3%

Generally open to public hunting

unclassified ownership3%

Ownership unclassified

About 19% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — State Trust Land, National Forest, BLM and State Wildlife Areas, roughly 213 square miles. Public ownership is not the same as easy entry: roads, trailheads, seasonal closures and private inholdings all still apply.

State trust land counts toward the open figure above. Wyoming extends hunting on legally accessiblestate trust land to the public unless a parcel is specifically closed — the catch is the access itself, since crossing private ground to reach it still needs the landowner’s permission. Camping, fires and off-road vehicles are not allowed on it.

This hunt area has 3 enrolled walk-in areas. It also holds 1 Hunter Management Area. Both are private ground enrolled for public access, not public land. A Hunter Management Area requires a printed permission slip from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department before hunting it. A Walk-In Area needs no permission slip — a hunter may walk in during the open period, subject to its posted rules. Enrollment is renegotiated every year, so check current status before counting on either.

Where pronghorn are mapped

Winter Range77%

used in winter

Yearlong Range67%

the only layer that means year-round use

Crucial Winter Range11%

the part of Winter Range considered essential to the herd — inside Winter Range, not added to it

Summer Range3%

used in summer

Each figure is the share of the hunt area that layer covers. It says where pronghorn are mapped, not where inside the area they are, and not when they move.

Habitat and cover

Lower elevations

Grass and meadow71%

Other cover12%

Sagebrush9%

Riparian4%

Conifer3%

Mid elevations

Grass and meadow77%

Sagebrush14%

Conifer6%

Other cover2%

Riparian1%

Higher elevations

Grass and meadow46%

Sagebrush33%

Conifer20%

Shares are of each elevation band, not of the whole hunt area — they describe what grows up there, not how much of the area sits at that elevation.

Weather through the season

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Snowfall
January	40°F	16°F	2.3 in
February	41°F	17°F	3.3 in
March	52°F	24°F	1.7 in
April	59°F	31°F	1 in
May	68°F	40°F	0 in
June	80°F	49°F	0 in
July	88°F	55°F	0 in
August	86°F	53°F	0 in
September	77°F	44°F	0 in
October	62°F	33°F	1.1 in
November	49°F	24°F	2 in
December	39°F	16°F	3.3 in

Snowfall is the monthly total, not depth lying on the ground.

Common questions

Can a hunter draw a nonresident pronghorn licence for hunt area 103?: Hunt area 103 is a limited-quota draw for both residents and nonresidents. A nonresident must draw a licence specific to this hunt area; no general pronghorn licence exists in Wyoming. Within the nonresident pool, three quarters of the licences are awarded to applicants with the most preference points, and the remaining quarter are drawn at random.
Does a Wyoming resident need preference points for pronghorn in this hunt area?: Wyoming residents do not earn or use preference points for pronghorn. The resident pronghorn draw is random, with no point cutoff or point system at all. A resident applies once to the random draw for hunt area 103 regardless of past applications.
Which walk-in areas are open to pronghorn hunting in hunt area 103?: Three walk-in areas are available: Platte County Walk In Area 1, Platte County Walk In Area 3 and Goshen County Walk In Area 41. No permission slip is required to use them during their open periods, but enrollment is renegotiated annually and cannot be assumed for a future season.
What does the Broom Creek Hunter Management Area require?: The Broom Creek HMA is private ground where hunters must carry a printed permission slip from Wyoming Game and Fish before hunting. Enrollment is renegotiated annually, so availability cannot be guaranteed in advance.
What pronghorn can be legally taken during the archery and rifle seasons on hunt area 103?: The Type 1 archery season (August 15–October 4) and regular season (October 5–October 31) allow any antelope. The Type 6 archery season (August 15–October 4) and regular season (October 5–November 30) are limited to does or fawns only.

Sources

Wyoming Game & Fish — Hunting & Trapping — licence types, general and limited-quota hunts, and season structure
WGFD Hunt Planner — hunt-area boundaries, season dates and the unit descriptions
WGFD — Draw results and odds — how the resident random draw and the nonresident preference-point draw work
WGFD — Regulations — the legal limitations on each hunt, and the statewide licence rules
USGS National Land Cover Database (NLCD 2021) and 3DEP elevation — land cover and terrain by elevation band

Seasons, licence types and boundaries change. Confirm every detail with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department before applying or hunting.

All Wyoming pronghorn hunt areas