Can a hunter draw a licence without preference points for this hunt area?

Wyoming residents draw pronghorn licences through a random draw—preference points do not exist for residents in the state, and no resident point cutoff applies to any pronghorn hunt area. Nonresidents must compete in a preference-point draw for most of the available licences; a smaller share of the nonresident pool is drawn at random each year, open to hunters at any point level.

How much of hunt area 111 is public land a hunter can actually hunt on?

About 7% of the area, roughly 29 square miles, is public ground a hunter can generally count on: State Trust Land and Bureau of Land Management parcels. Laramie County Walk-In Area 19 offers additional access during its posted open periods. The remaining 93% is private land, and access across the rest of the country is limited by roads, trailheads, and private inholdings.

What walk-in areas are open in this hunt area?

Laramie County Walk-In Area 19 is open to hunters during its posted seasons; no application or permission slip is needed to walk in during that period. Enrollment in walk-in programs is renegotiated annually, so a hunter should check current access status before the season.

When do the archery and rifle seasons run in hunt area 111?

Type 1 (any antelope) runs August 15–September 19 for archery and September 20–October 14 for rifle. Type 6 (doe or fawn only) runs August 15–September 19 for archery and September 20–December 31 for rifle. A hunter must check the drawn licence type to see which legal animals and season dates apply.

Do pronghorn densities stay the same throughout the fall season in hunt area 111?

No. Pronghorn tend to migrate into this hunt area from Colorado later in the season, so densities vary from August through December. Hunting pressure concentrates on the accessible public land early on, and hunters who can wait until later in the season may find less crowding as pressure distributes across the influx of animals moving north.

Wyoming Hunt Area 111 (Chalk Bluffs) pronghorn hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

Elevation

5,100–6,500 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Hunt area 111 is low, rolling country at 5,100 to 6,500 feet, with most of it near 5,600 feet and averaging just 1.5 degrees of slope—nearly all gentle ground where a hunter can cover distance on foot without fighting steepness. The landscape is dominated by grassland and meadow, with some shrub and juniper in the canyons and drainages. Native prairie holds most of the acreage, mixed with agricultural land and fields enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. This is open country where pronghorn are visible from a distance, but the terrain's ease belies a real constraint: private land covers 93% of the hunt area, and public ground is thin and scattered. About 7% of the area—roughly 29 square miles—is reliably accessible public land: State Trust parcels and a few Bureau of Land Management sections. Laramie County Walk-In Area 19 is also open during its posted seasons. Getting into hunt area 111 is the main puzzle. With public land so scarce and scattered, and roads and trailheads limited by private inholdings, a hunter cannot expect straightforward entry to most of the country. The walk-in area helps, but private land holds the best ground, and hunters serious about the hunt are advised to line up permission before drawing a licence.

Pronghorn use this country in a pattern that shifts through the seasons. Early in the fall, resident animals spread across their range, but as autumn deepens, pronghorn migrate north into this area from Colorado, changing densities through the September and October seasons. Hunting pressure concentrates on the public parcels where access is easiest, so later in the season—when the calendar allows—hunting may distribute more evenly. The country's gentleness makes it walkable and glassing from ridges productive, but the scarcity of public ground and the seasonal influx of pronghorn from the south shape how and when a hunter should plan to hunt here.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 111 (Chalk Bluffs) 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 – September 19Regular September 20 – October 14
Type 6 · Doe or fawn
Archery August 15 – September 19Regular September 20 – December 31

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)

Hunt area 111 offers two distinct windows for any-antelope hunting across August through October. The archery season from August 15–September 19 spans the pre-rut phase, when pronghorn are forming territories before the primary rut begins in early September; during this window weather stays warm with highs around 84°F in August and cooling to 75°F by September, and hunters can expect clear skies and no significant snowfall. The rifle season from September 20–October 14 opens just as the primary rut peaks and carries through its decline, tracking cooler temperatures from 75°F early to 61°F by mid-October, with minimal snowfall in September but approaching 1.1 inches in October; this is when bucks are most active and vulnerable to calling, though the season also sees pronghorn shifting northward from Colorado and pressure concentrating on public parcels. Both windows allow any antelope, and hunters should plan access carefully given that 93% of the area is private land—early-season archery may find quieter conditions on walk-in ground, while rifle season's rut peak is offset by increasing hunter density.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn (August–December)

Hunters with a doe-or-fawn licence have an extended opportunity from August 15 through December 31, split between archery and rifle phases. The archery season from August 15–September 19 falls in the pre-rut and primary rut, when does are establishing nursery groups before the rut disrupts them; highs run from 84°F to 75°F and weather remains dry and clear, favoring glassing across the open terrain. The rifle season from September 20–December 31 spans the primary rut through the full fall grouping phase, taking in a long cooling trend from 75°F in September to 40°F by December, with minimal snowfall through October but building to 3.1 inches in December; late-season hunting may find larger groups assembling as pronghorn prepare for winter, though December cold and snow can test a hunter's endurance. This licence class is legal only for females and young animals, a constraint that shapes where and when to hunt—does are often found on traditional ranges throughout the season, and the extended December window catches animals that have migrated in from the south. Access remains the limiting factor, and hunters should secure permission on private land before applying for a licence.

Land and access

private land93%

Private

State Trust Land6%

Generally open to public hunting

About 7% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — State Trust Land and BLM, roughly 29 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 1 enrolled walk-in area. That is private ground enrolled for public access, not public land. 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

Yearlong Range77%

the only layer that means year-round use

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

Across the unit

Grass and meadow64%

Other cover32%

Sagebrush4%

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	41°F	16°F	2 in
February	42°F	16°F	2.5 in
March	51°F	23°F	1.9 in
April	57°F	30°F	1.2 in
May	67°F	39°F	0 in
June	79°F	48°F	0 in
July	86°F	55°F	0 in
August	84°F	53°F	0 in
September	75°F	44°F	0 in
October	61°F	32°F	1.1 in
November	49°F	23°F	1.8 in
December	40°F	15°F	3.1 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter draw a licence without preference points for this hunt area?: Wyoming residents draw pronghorn licences through a random draw—preference points do not exist for residents in the state, and no resident point cutoff applies to any pronghorn hunt area. Nonresidents must compete in a preference-point draw for most of the available licences; a smaller share of the nonresident pool is drawn at random each year, open to hunters at any point level.
How much of hunt area 111 is public land a hunter can actually hunt on?: About 7% of the area, roughly 29 square miles, is public ground a hunter can generally count on: State Trust Land and Bureau of Land Management parcels. Laramie County Walk-In Area 19 offers additional access during its posted open periods. The remaining 93% is private land, and access across the rest of the country is limited by roads, trailheads, and private inholdings.
What walk-in areas are open in this hunt area?: Laramie County Walk-In Area 19 is open to hunters during its posted seasons; no application or permission slip is needed to walk in during that period. Enrollment in walk-in programs is renegotiated annually, so a hunter should check current access status before the season.
When do the archery and rifle seasons run in hunt area 111?: Type 1 (any antelope) runs August 15–September 19 for archery and September 20–October 14 for rifle. Type 6 (doe or fawn only) runs August 15–September 19 for archery and September 20–December 31 for rifle. A hunter must check the drawn licence type to see which legal animals and season dates apply.
Do pronghorn densities stay the same throughout the fall season in hunt area 111?: No. Pronghorn tend to migrate into this hunt area from Colorado later in the season, so densities vary from August through December. Hunting pressure concentrates on the accessible public land early on, and hunters who can wait until later in the season may find less crowding as pressure distributes across the influx of animals moving north.

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