Can a hunter drawn for hunt area 60 find public land to hunt?

About 75 percent of hunt area 60 is public land, but much of it in the southern checkerboard is not accessible without crossing private ground. The northern portion has more reliable public access. A hunter should research specific roads and parcels before the season and be prepared that significant blocks may require private permission or outfitter arrangement.

How is a licence for hunt area 60 obtained?

Hunt area 60 is a limited-quota area drawn individually for that specific area. Residents enter a random draw with no preference points. Nonresidents compete in a preference-point draw for three-quarters of the licences (awarded by points, highest first) and a random draw for the remaining quarter.

What do the terrain and cover look like in hunt area 60?

Hunt area 60 is nearly all gentle ground, with sagebrush covering about 91 percent of it. The south consists of rocky mesas and alkaline flats surrounded by greasewood, while the north is rolling sagebrush prairie with one badlands complex in the northwest. Riparian areas are few and small.

When is the rut in hunt area 60 and what weather should a hunter expect?

The primary rut peaks in the last week of September and into early October. August is warm and dry with highs near 83 degrees. September cools slightly with highs near 72 degrees and trace snowfall. October grows cold with highs near 58 degrees and snow totals averaging 0.6 inches for the month, though significant snow can fall even in late September.

Can a hunter access remote areas or does the checkerboard pattern mean most public land is roadless?

Much of the southern checkerboard contains public parcels that do not touch a public road and cannot be accessed without private permission. The northern portion has better road access to public land. Hunters planning to hunt the southern sections should research specific routes and expect to need outfitter service or trespass fees for significant blocks.

Wyoming Hunt Area 60 (Table Rock) pronghorn hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

74%

Elevation

6,500–8,400 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Hunt area 60 is a large landscape across the Red Desert, spanning roughly 1,600 square miles and ranging from sagebrush mesas and rocky rims in the south to rolling prairie and badlands in the north. The ground is almost entirely gentle, with a mean slope of 1.5 degrees—the terrain is walkable throughout, and sagebrush dominates the cover at 91%, with grass and meadow making up most of the rest. Water is sparse; riparian areas are limited to a few major creeks, so pronghorn concentrate in the northern and southwestern portions where moisture is more reliable, though in dry years they move into the low alkaline scrublands across the southern flats. Elevations run from about 6,500 to 8,400 feet, with most ground sitting around 6,700 feet.

About three-quarters of the hunt area is public land—BLM and State Trust Land totaling roughly 1,200 square miles—but access to it is not straightforward. The southern half is a checkerboard of private and public sections, a product of historic land grants, and public parcels that do not touch a public road generally require permission to reach. Large ranches dominate the landscape; the southern portion in particular may be off-limits to independent hunters, though some ranches do allow public access. The northern portion has better access to public ground and several public roads, making it more reliably huntable without special arrangement. The southern third has been heavily developed for natural gas, creating a dense road network and accustoming pronghorn to vehicles, which can make stalking more difficult. A coal strip-mine complex occupies the southwest corner. This is remote country with few services and spotty cell coverage; hunters should carry extra fuel, water, food and spare tires, and should know that roads in the alkaline flats become nearly impassable when wet, while roads in sandier terrain often remain drivable with light precipitation.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 60 (Table Rock) 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 18Regular September 19 – October 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)

Archery hunting from mid-August through mid-September coincides with pronghorn moving into pre-rut territory formation and the opening phase of the primary rut, when bucks are becoming active and more responsive to calling and decoys but not yet in full breeding frenzy. August offers warm days with highs near 83 degrees and no snow, making physical effort manageable, while September cools slightly with highs around 72 degrees and only trace precipitation. Access follows the same pattern as the regular season—public land in the northern portion is generally reachable, but southern sections in the checkerboard require careful planning and may demand private permission or outfitter arrangement. This hunt is for any antelope, meaning a hunter can take a buck, doe or young animal. The regular-season hunt from late September through the end of October spans the peak rut and its decline into fall grouping, when bucks are in full breeding condition and pursuing does intensely in late September and early October, then beginning to consolidate into larger herds as the season cools. Temperatures drop sharply, from highs near 72 degrees in late September to highs around 58 degrees by late October, and snowfall increases from negligible in early September to an average of 0.6 inches per month in October, though significant accumulation can occur. Road conditions matter more as the season wears on; alkaline flats become muddy and impassable with precipitation, while sandier terrain often remains passable. This hunt is also for any antelope and is the main season for pursuing animals in full rut when pronghorn are most visible and active.

Land and access

BLM72%

Generally open to public hunting

private land26%

Private

State Trust Land3%

Generally open to public hunting

About 74% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — BLM and State Trust Land, roughly 1,197 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.

Where pronghorn are mapped

Winter Range91%

used in winter

Yearlong Range91%

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

Sagebrush91%

Grass and meadow6%

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	32°F	11°F	3.1 in
February	35°F	13°F	3.1 in
March	45°F	22°F	1.8 in
April	54°F	28°F	1.6 in
May	65°F	36°F	0 in
June	76°F	44°F	0 in
July	85°F	51°F	0 in
August	83°F	50°F	0 in
September	72°F	41°F	0.1 in
October	58°F	30°F	0.6 in
November	42°F	20°F	2.7 in
December	31°F	11°F	3.6 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter drawn for hunt area 60 find public land to hunt?: About 75 percent of hunt area 60 is public land, but much of it in the southern checkerboard is not accessible without crossing private ground. The northern portion has more reliable public access. A hunter should research specific roads and parcels before the season and be prepared that significant blocks may require private permission or outfitter arrangement.
How is a licence for hunt area 60 obtained?: Hunt area 60 is a limited-quota area drawn individually for that specific area. Residents enter a random draw with no preference points. Nonresidents compete in a preference-point draw for three-quarters of the licences (awarded by points, highest first) and a random draw for the remaining quarter.
What do the terrain and cover look like in hunt area 60?: Hunt area 60 is nearly all gentle ground, with sagebrush covering about 91 percent of it. The south consists of rocky mesas and alkaline flats surrounded by greasewood, while the north is rolling sagebrush prairie with one badlands complex in the northwest. Riparian areas are few and small.
When is the rut in hunt area 60 and what weather should a hunter expect?: The primary rut peaks in the last week of September and into early October. August is warm and dry with highs near 83 degrees. September cools slightly with highs near 72 degrees and trace snowfall. October grows cold with highs near 58 degrees and snow totals averaging 0.6 inches for the month, though significant snow can fall even in late September.
Can a hunter access remote areas or does the checkerboard pattern mean most public land is roadless?: Much of the southern checkerboard contains public parcels that do not touch a public road and cannot be accessed without private permission. The northern portion has better road access to public land. Hunters planning to hunt the southern sections should research specific routes and expect to need outfitter service or trespass fees for significant blocks.

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