Wyoming Antelope Hunt Area 56
Antelope
71.4%
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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
25 licenses.
Archery Aug. 15–Sep. 18; Sep. 19–Oct. 31: Any antelope.
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 | 14 | 10 | 71.4% | 10 | 71.4% |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | 23 | 92.0% |
| 2023 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 19 | 73.1% |
| 2022 | 45 | 38 | 84.4% | 36 | 80.0% |
| 2021 | 47 | 37 | 78.7% | 35 | 74.5% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.
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