Wyoming Antelope Hunt Area 117
Antelope
100.0%
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Antelope
Licenses
Limited quota only
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
WGFD offers no general antelope license; every antelope license is limited quota.
Limited quota licenses are issued in WGFD's initial and leftover drawings; any left after both go on sale first come, first served.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 1 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Valid in Hunt Areas 97 and 117. 75 licenses.
Archery Aug. 15–Sep. 18; Sep. 19–Oct. 31: Any antelope.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 2 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Valid in Hunt Areas 97 and 117. 25 licenses.
Aug. 15–Oct. 31: Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S.
Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road, and in all of Area 117.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Valid in Hunt Areas 97 and 117. 50 licenses.
Aug. 15–Oct. 31: Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S.
Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road, and in all of Area 117.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
WGFD's harvest reports give harvest and hunter success as estimates from a survey of license holders.
A hunter can hold more than one antelope license, so harvest per hunter can top 100%.
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Bucks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 3 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 | 13 | 130.0% | 6 | 60.0% |
| 2022 | 28 | 24 | 85.7% | 19 | 67.9% |
| 2021 | 28 | 30 | 107.1% | 17 | 60.7% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.
Nearby units
- Antelope Hunt Area 97
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- Antelope Hunt Area 84
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