Back when numbers were pretty good (20-25 years ago), they'd give 12-14K either sex permits, and I believe all (or most) those successful license holders were then offered 2 extra doe/fawn permits. Do that math. Currently (my own opinion based on small local observations) there's less than...
Honestly for me I’d be more interested in game taken than tags issued. They could issue 30k tags….please don’t but if your still only taking 1500 antelope 🤷♂️
I have drawn well over 100 pronghorn tags. Wasn't long ago in Wyoming you could get 6 tags/year. Most I ever had in a year was 4. I drew 3 pronghorn tags in wyoming last year, filled my buck tag, tossed the 2 doe tags. There were also years in Montana that you could shoot 4.
The buck I shot...
We had a special hunt this year and I wanted to share it as a shout out to my sons. They have been hunting with us since they were three, and they are 8, 10, and 11 now, so they are well versed in hiking without complaining and sitting quietly. Usually we go out as a family, but my husband's...
I calculated my price of antelope meat from the other weekend. Buck + doe = ~60 lbs of meat. Out the door around $5.50 - $6 a pound. Not bad, considering the stress relief, exercise, etc. that was also part of that trip.
I think Pat one time said a couple things make people crazy. Elk and money. I'd toss antelope hunting in there. Might not have been him but kinda true. mtmuley
A lot of people drink and beat there wives and kids or worse. Prohibition?
How about reckless drivers?
If it had been a wounded doe antelope, would you feel the same way about big game hunting?
I can't remember exactly for WY, but one can apply for 2 any antelope tags and 2 doe-fawn tags. One can choose to apply for both on one app or 1 on each of 2 apps. So if I apply for 2 any lope on one app and am drawn 150th I will get the 2 tags.
I'm a graph/visual type of human, this exercise helped me see it over time.
Correct me if my numbers are wrong below. But as I see it going back to 2020:
R7 Either-Sex Tags
2020 - 6000
2021 - 8500
2022 - 7500
2023 - 7500
2024 - 7500
2025 - 10000
2026 - 12000
R7 Doe Tags
2020 - 1500
2021 -...
Well I definitely plan on going back every year I can get a tag so I will take any advice or stories you are willing to share. Feel free to shoot me a msg.
Long story long. Had my second ever antelope tag this year and my first ever dead antelope buck.
I stalked in to about 175, did the old bang-flop. He had a little leg kick, then head down, and Bob’s your uncle, right?
Nope. We hung back so my wife could fill her tag as well. As I watched...
Had breakfast with landowner where we ate and chatted. He is quite a progressive thinker, and into rotational grazing. The cows are collared much like a fenceless dog situation and don’t have to be driven from one adjacent portion of a pasture. He whipped out his cell phone and showed me how he...
I have 6 points for doe antelope. Didn't know that was even possible putting in for the unit that I do. Most draw in 2 or 3. At this point its a game to see how many bonus points I can get. haha Damn I hope I don't draw this year so I can get another.