Can a hunter draw a general or region pronghorn licence for hunt area 6?

No. Every pronghorn hunt area in Wyoming is limited quota and drawn for that specific area. There is no general pronghorn licence sold over the counter in Wyoming and no region pronghorn licence. A hunter must draw hunt area 6 specifically to hunt pronghorn there.

Do Wyoming residents need preference points to draw hunt area 6?

No. The resident pronghorn draw in Wyoming is random and requires no preference points. Residents do not accumulate, hold or use points for pronghorn in any hunt area. Nonresidents, however, compete in a separate draw where preference points are important.

Can a hunter access public land easily on hunt area 6?

Access to public land is limited and requires careful planning. About 172 square miles of public ground exists here, scattered in small parcels across Bureau of Land Management and National Grassland holdings rather than in large consolidated blocks. A GPS unit with mapping software showing landownership is essential, as road status on maps can be misleading, and a hunter must use only public roads or private roads with explicit permission.

Where do most pronghorn in hunt area 6 live?

The majority of antelope in this hunt area occupy private land. Securing permission to hunt private ground is important to the hunt, and trespass fees are standard practice. Some public land holds antelope, particularly on Thunder Basin National Grassland and BLM parcels, but the private-land presence dominates the opportunity.

What are the archery and rifle seasons for hunt area 6?

The hunt runs from August 15 through October 15, split between an archery season from August 15 to September 30 and a regular-firearms season from October 1 to October 15. Both windows are included in a single any-antelope hunt, and both must be drawn together—there is no separate draw for each season.

Wyoming Hunt Area 6 (South Newcastle) pronghorn hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

28%

Elevation

3,700–5,600 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Hunt area 6 sprawls across rolling grassland and sagebrush prairie at moderate elevation, with gently rolling terrain cut by draws. The country is predominantly open, grassed meadow and prairie with patches of sagebrush. Elevation ranges from about 3,700 feet to 5,600 feet, with much of the terrain sitting around 4,100 feet and slope averaging 2.8 degrees—nearly all of it gentle ground. Pronghorn occupy mixed-grass prairie, sagebrush flats, gently rolling hills, and some cultivated fields. Most of the antelope here live on private land, and that pattern shapes how a hunter needs to approach the area.

The hunt area is 72 percent private land, which concentrates where the animals are and where hunting pressure goes. About 172 square miles of ground—28 percent of the area—consists of public land a hunter can generally count on: Bureau of Land Management holdings, Thunder Basin National Grassland, and State Trust Land. These public parcels are scattered rather than consolidated into large blocks, and reaching them requires careful attention to road status and landownership boundaries. A GPS unit or mapping app with ownership delineation is nearly essential for public-land hunters here. Private land access typically requires securing permission in advance and often involves paying a trespass fee.

Yearlong Range covers 95 percent of the area, indicating pronghorn presence across the broader landscape throughout the year, while Winter Range encompasses 40 percent. These mapped ranges show where animals are found at different times but say nothing about migration or seasonal movement patterns.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 6 (South Newcastle) 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 30Regular October 1 – October 15

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)

Hunters pursuing pronghorn from mid-August through mid-October encounter animals still settling into territorial patterns in August and September, as pre-rut and primary-rut activity builds through early fall. Archery season runs August 15 through September 30, when temperatures begin warm in August—averaging highs near 87 degrees—and cool steadily toward the 70s by month's end. By October, when the rifle window opens on the 1st through the 15th, daytime highs have dropped to around 61 degrees, and snow begins to accumulate—averaging 0.6 inches for the month—though the country remains huntable. The hunt is valid for any antelope across the entire area. Most hunting pressure concentrates on private land, where the majority of pronghorn reside, and a hunter without permission there will be confined to scattered public parcels on Bureau of Land Management and National Grassland ground. Accessing public land requires precise attention to property lines and road status, especially where mapping software can misrepresent which roads are open to travel.

Land and access

private land72%

Private

BLM11%

Generally open to public hunting

National Forest9%

Generally open to public hunting

State Trust Land7%

Generally open to public hunting

About 28% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — BLM, National Forest and State Trust Land, roughly 172 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.

the Wyoming Game & Fish Department publishes 22% public land for this hunt area. That counts public ownership; the figure above counts ground a hunter can depend on getting onto. They answer different questions, so both are shown rather than blended.

Where pronghorn are mapped

Yearlong Range95%

the only layer that means year-round use

Winter Range40%

used in winter

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 meadow86%

Sagebrush10%

Other cover3%

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	36°F	12°F	2.6 in
February	39°F	14°F	3.4 in
March	50°F	24°F	1.5 in
April	58°F	31°F	1.1 in
May	68°F	41°F	0 in
June	79°F	51°F	0 in
July	89°F	58°F	0 in
August	87°F	56°F	0 in
September	77°F	46°F	0 in
October	61°F	33°F	0.6 in
November	47°F	22°F	1.4 in
December	36°F	13°F	2.5 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter draw a general or region pronghorn licence for hunt area 6?: No. Every pronghorn hunt area in Wyoming is limited quota and drawn for that specific area. There is no general pronghorn licence sold over the counter in Wyoming and no region pronghorn licence. A hunter must draw hunt area 6 specifically to hunt pronghorn there.
Do Wyoming residents need preference points to draw hunt area 6?: No. The resident pronghorn draw in Wyoming is random and requires no preference points. Residents do not accumulate, hold or use points for pronghorn in any hunt area. Nonresidents, however, compete in a separate draw where preference points are important.
Can a hunter access public land easily on hunt area 6?: Access to public land is limited and requires careful planning. About 172 square miles of public ground exists here, scattered in small parcels across Bureau of Land Management and National Grassland holdings rather than in large consolidated blocks. A GPS unit with mapping software showing landownership is essential, as road status on maps can be misleading, and a hunter must use only public roads or private roads with explicit permission.
Where do most pronghorn in hunt area 6 live?: The majority of antelope in this hunt area occupy private land. Securing permission to hunt private ground is important to the hunt, and trespass fees are standard practice. Some public land holds antelope, particularly on Thunder Basin National Grassland and BLM parcels, but the private-land presence dominates the opportunity.
What are the archery and rifle seasons for hunt area 6?: The hunt runs from August 15 through October 15, split between an archery season from August 15 to September 30 and a regular-firearms season from October 1 to October 15. Both windows are included in a single any-antelope hunt, and both must be drawn together—there is no separate draw for each season.

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