Can a hunter draw this area on a general pronghorn licence?

Hunt area 94 is a limited-quota area drawn specifically for this hunt area. Wyoming does not sell a general pronghorn licence over the counter, and there is no regional licence fallback for pronghorn. A hunter must draw a licence for this area or they cannot hunt pronghorn here.

Do Wyoming residents need preference points for a pronghorn draw in this area?

Wyoming residents do not have pronghorn preference points. The resident draw for this hunt area is random, with no point system at all. Nonresidents do accumulate preference points that improve odds in the preference-point draw pool, but resident success depends on the random draw alone.

How much of this hunt area is open to public hunting without landowner permission?

About 47% of the hunt area is BLM and State Trust Land that hunters can generally access. However, much of that checkerboard public ground is surrounded by private land, so a hunter often needs written permission to cross private sections to reach it. The Uinta County Walk-In Area 12 is available during its season. Contacting the Green River Regional Office for specific landowner permission information is essential before the season.

When does the rut typically occur in this hunt area?

The primary rut runs from early September through mid-September, with late-rut behavior extending through mid-October. Archery season overlaps territory formation and the beginning of the primary rut, while the regular season spans the peak and late-rut phases into the fall transition.

What happens to the roads in this hunt area during wet weather?

Most roads in hunt area 94 become nearly impassable when wet and muddy. Hunters should check conditions before heading out and be prepared for access to degrade rapidly during or after rain. Early-season archery hunting in August and September is generally safer for road travel than the October regular season.

Wyoming Hunt Area 94 (Carter Lease) pronghorn hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

47%

Elevation

6,200–7,700 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Hunt area 94 sits on rolling sagebrush flats and low broken hills between 6,200 and 7,700 feet. The ground slopes gently—mean slope 2.6 degrees—across 856 square miles of country that is 79% sagebrush, with scattered grass meadows and limited juniper-covered ridges along the northern margins. A few irrigated valleys lie near Lyman and along the Hams Fork River. The landscape is straightforward foot country for antelope hunting, opening up in long sight lines that reward glassing and stalking. Pronghorn are well distributed across the hunt area through the archery and regular seasons.

Getting on the ground is the real challenge here. The land is checkerboard ownership—federal and private sections alternating—and most public BLM ground is locked in by private land. Unless a hunter can reach open BLM sections, permission from private landowners is required both to hunt and to cross their ground to reach public. The Wyoming access rating for this area is Fair. About 47% of the hunt area is public BLM and State Trust Land that a hunter can generally count on, but roads, trailheads and seasonal closures all still apply. Uinta County Walk-In Area 12 offers some enrolled private ground open during its season. A few landowners have cooperated with access agreements and sometimes provide written permission slips; contact information is available through the Green River Regional Office. Hunters should plan to start ground work well before the season to sort out where they can legally hunt.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 94 (Carter Lease) 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 9Regular September 10 – October 31
Type 6 · Doe or fawn
Archery August 15 – September 9Regular September 10 – October 31
Type 7 · Doe or fawn valid on private irrigated land
Regular August 15 – 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)

The archery season from August 15 through September 9 starts in late summer heat with highs near 81°F, cooling to the low 70s by early September. Pronghorn are in pre-rut and early rut phase, beginning to form territories and establish dominance as bucks transition toward the peak rut. Archery hunters work sagebrush flats and broken country with moderate pressure, glassing for bucks in open sight lines or stalking water sources. Weather remains dry with virtually no snow, keeping roads passable and foot travel straightforward. The regular season from September 10 through October 31 takes the primary rut through its peak in mid-September, then carries into late-rut behavior as temperatures drop from the low 70s in September to 57°F by October. Bucks remain active and concentrated during this window, and does and fawns scatter more widely, though pronghorn are still hunted area-wide. Early October can bring the first snow, and roads begin to deteriorate in wet conditions as the season progresses, making early-October hunting often more reliable for access than late-October. Type 1 licences allow harvest of any antelope—buck, doe or fawn—across the full season span.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn (August–October)

Doe or fawn hunting under Type 6 archery runs August 15 through September 9, opening in late-summer warmth with highs around 81°F that cool into the low 70s. Pronghorn are in pre-rut and early rut, with does and fawns scattered but accessible on sagebrush flats and meadows. The regular season from September 10 through October 31 spans the peak and late rut into fall transition, with temperatures dropping from low 70s to 57°F by October and the first light snow possible in late September and October. Does and fawns remain huntable throughout, though hunting pressure typically concentrates on bucks during the height of the rut, giving doe hunters wider opportunity. Early-season access is generally easier than October's muddy conditions. Type 6 licences restrict harvest to does and fawns only—no bucks.

Type 7 — Doe or fawn valid on private… (August–October)

Type 7 is a doe or fawn licence valid only on private irrigated land, available from August 15 through October 31. This season spans pre-rut, peak rut, late rut and early fall grouping, taking in the full range of antelope behavior from August heat through October cooling. Pronghorn damage irrigated crops along the southern and northern borders of the hunt area, and landowners are typically willing to allow harvest on their land. A hunter must obtain permission from the landowner to hunt these private irrigated sections. Type 7 licences allow harvest of does and fawns only.

Land and access

private land53%

Private

BLM44%

Generally open to public hunting

State Trust Land3%

Generally open to public hunting

About 47% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — BLM and State Trust Land, roughly 406 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

Winter Range58%

used in winter

Summer Range42%

used in summer

Yearlong Range32%

the only layer that means year-round use

Crucial Winter Range26%

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

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

Sagebrush79%

Other cover11%

Grass and meadow8%

Riparian1%

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	31°F	9°F	3.8 in
February	34°F	10°F	2.6 in
March	44°F	19°F	1.8 in
April	53°F	26°F	1.2 in
May	64°F	34°F	0 in
June	75°F	42°F	0 in
July	83°F	49°F	0 in
August	81°F	47°F	0 in
September	72°F	38°F	0.1 in
October	57°F	28°F	0.7 in
November	42°F	18°F	2.3 in
December	31°F	9°F	4.2 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter draw this area on a general pronghorn licence?: Hunt area 94 is a limited-quota area drawn specifically for this hunt area. Wyoming does not sell a general pronghorn licence over the counter, and there is no regional licence fallback for pronghorn. A hunter must draw a licence for this area or they cannot hunt pronghorn here.
Do Wyoming residents need preference points for a pronghorn draw in this area?: Wyoming residents do not have pronghorn preference points. The resident draw for this hunt area is random, with no point system at all. Nonresidents do accumulate preference points that improve odds in the preference-point draw pool, but resident success depends on the random draw alone.
How much of this hunt area is open to public hunting without landowner permission?: About 47% of the hunt area is BLM and State Trust Land that hunters can generally access. However, much of that checkerboard public ground is surrounded by private land, so a hunter often needs written permission to cross private sections to reach it. The Uinta County Walk-In Area 12 is available during its season. Contacting the Green River Regional Office for specific landowner permission information is essential before the season.
When does the rut typically occur in this hunt area?: The primary rut runs from early September through mid-September, with late-rut behavior extending through mid-October. Archery season overlaps territory formation and the beginning of the primary rut, while the regular season spans the peak and late-rut phases into the fall transition.
What happens to the roads in this hunt area during wet weather?: Most roads in hunt area 94 become nearly impassable when wet and muddy. Hunters should check conditions before heading out and be prepared for access to degrade rapidly during or after rain. Early-season archery hunting in August and September is generally safer for road travel than the October regular 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