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Units / Wyoming / Antelope area 72

West Poison Spider · Antelope area 72 · Wyoming

Antelope hunt area — its own geography, not the elk area with the same number. Public land, access, and antelope harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Antelope area 72Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public hunting land

47%

187,300 ac of 399,582 ac

Landlocked public

2,999 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

1%

of public · 2,560 ac

Walk-in access

48,686 ac

private land opened to hunting

Pronghorn · 2025

89% success

823 taken by 925 hunters · 3,231 days afield

602 bucks · 198 does · 23 fawns

Res 86% · NR 99% success

Pronghorn hunter success · 2021–2025 · 88% → 89%

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Wyoming antelope draw odds — 2 hunts here →

776 tags drawn on this antelope area last season.

Same number, different ground: Elk area 72 →

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Terrain — this boundary, not the elk area’s

Elevation5,470–8,140 ft
Median elevation6,090 ft
Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

5,470 ft8,140 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 38%
E 27%
S 18%
W 17%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby antelope antelope areas

South Rattlesnake · Antelope area 69 · 77% publicEast Poison Spider · Antelope area 71 · 36% publicKendrick · Antelope area 70 · 41% publicDeer Creek · Antelope area 74 · 58% public

Boundaries from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department antelope hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.