appaloosa
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I have no idea the significance of having permit no. 23, other than it means I didn't have nearly the bonus points and I wasn't in the first pass. In fact, I really had no business drawing this tag. It takes a NR 29 points to be guaranteed a tag in this unit, I had 3. Hunting pronghorn in "Canada" has always been a dream of mine, though for many years I didn't even apply knowing how poor the odds were. Thankfully, a few years ago I started splashing a couple of applications around hoping I might strike gold. This year, I did....
I had never even set foot in this unit before, though I have driven through it a handful of times. Ironically, I had even seen pronghorn from the highway, that's what ultimately led me to apply there. I even had plans to make a trip to the area earlier this summer/fall to do some scouting, but a couple last minute hockey tournaments and a backed up septic quickly ruined those plans. My only hope at this point was to get to the unit a few days early and try to turn something up prior to opening day.
Heading to Canada!
The Canadian countryside is spectacular!
I had turned up a fair amount of intel on this unit, and even spoke to some people who had hunted it before. I was given a number of places to look for goats and some spots to camp and glass from. Immediately after I arrived, I went straight to a high point I had been directed to look from and started scanning for antelope. Immediately, I spotted a herd several miles north. As I started moving towards them to find a better vantage to evaluate them from, I bumped three does 200 yards below me. As they ran off, a buck appeared behind them. A quick look through my binos absolutely rattled me!
The first pronghorn buck I saw in Canada!
I had never even set foot in this unit before, though I have driven through it a handful of times. Ironically, I had even seen pronghorn from the highway, that's what ultimately led me to apply there. I even had plans to make a trip to the area earlier this summer/fall to do some scouting, but a couple last minute hockey tournaments and a backed up septic quickly ruined those plans. My only hope at this point was to get to the unit a few days early and try to turn something up prior to opening day.
Heading to Canada!
The Canadian countryside is spectacular!
I had turned up a fair amount of intel on this unit, and even spoke to some people who had hunted it before. I was given a number of places to look for goats and some spots to camp and glass from. Immediately after I arrived, I went straight to a high point I had been directed to look from and started scanning for antelope. Immediately, I spotted a herd several miles north. As I started moving towards them to find a better vantage to evaluate them from, I bumped three does 200 yards below me. As they ran off, a buck appeared behind them. A quick look through my binos absolutely rattled me!
The first pronghorn buck I saw in Canada!
