Pronghorn draws by state: hunts and applications
Wyoming had the most first-choice pronghorn applications of the 12 state draws on file: 111,927 in its 2026 draw (Wyoming Game and Fish Department), ahead of Montana (85,784, 2026) and Arizona (47,268, 2025).
Data updated October 2026. From each state agency's latest draw report on file, fetched October 2026.
This table lists every state FilledTag has pronghorn draw results for. Applications are counted on first choice, the way each agency prints them; a hunter who applies in two pools, or for two hunts, is counted twice. For Nevada, the report on file lists the hunts but not applicants per hunt.
Which states hold a pronghorn draw, and how many applied?
| State | Draw year | Points | Hunts in the draw | First-choice applications | Drew on first choice | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 2026 | Preference points | 204 | 111,927 | not printed for every pool | Wyoming Game and Fish Department (7 reports) |
| Montana | 2026 | Squared bonus points | 96 | 85,784 | 36,436 (42%) | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (3 reports) |
| Arizona | 2025 | Bonus points | 64 | 47,268 | not printed for every pool | Arizona Game and Fish Department |
| Idaho | 2026 | No points | 54 | 40,893 | 5,696 (14%) | Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
| Colorado | 2026 | Preference points | 302 | 37,881 | 8,794 (23%) | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| Oregon | 2026 | Hybrid: preference and random | 52 | 34,155 | 1,936 (6%) | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| New Mexico | 2026 | No points | 153 | 30,187 | 1,182 (4%) | New Mexico Department of Wildlife |
| Utah | 2025 | Bonus points | 111 | 22,870 | 2,207 (10%) | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (2 reports) |
| California | 2026 | Preference points | 11 | 17,788 | not printed for every pool | California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2 reports) |
| North Dakota | 2026 | Bonus points | 18 | 16,621 | 700 (4%) | North Dakota Game and Fish Department |
| South Dakota | 2025 | Preference points | 27 | 8,503 | 1,996 (23%) | South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks |
| Nevada | 2025 | Squared bonus points | 189 | not printed | not printed | Nevada Department of Wildlife |
Questions about pronghorn draws
Which state had the most pronghorn draw applications?
Wyoming, with 111,927 first-choice applications across 204 pronghorn hunts in its 2026 draw, as Wyoming Game and Fish Department reported it.
Where did the largest share of first-choice pronghorn applications draw?
Among states that print who drew for every pool, Montana: 36,436 of 85,784 first-choice applications drew in 2026 (42%). The smallest share was New Mexico's, 1,182 of 30,187 in 2026 (4%). These are past results, not the chance of drawing next year.
Which states draw pronghorn tags with no points?
Idaho and New Mexico: no applicant gains an edge from earlier years in those draws, by the agency's own rules. Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, California, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nevada give an edge to applicants who have built points.
Do nonresidents apply for pronghorn in large numbers?
In Wyoming's 2026 draw, 60,899 of the 111,927 first-choice pronghorn applications were from nonresidents (54%), the largest nonresident share among the states that split applications by residency. Wyoming counts a nonresident who misses its preference point drawing again in its random drawing, so some are counted twice.
Read each state's draw in full
Each state name in the table opens that state's own page on FilledTag, with the draw by hunt, the points it took where the agency prints them, and the units on the map. The draw rules by state page explains how each state uses points. To see where your own points could draw, use the tag draw planner.
Every number is the agency's, copied from its published report; FilledTag adds nothing to it. The share that drew is a past result for that year.