I'd be looking at cow elk and/or whitetail deer doe licenses. Antelope doe tags are going to be very low in number and probably very difficult to draw, at least in areas with any public land.
Got 2nd choice antelope, never set foot in that area, should be fun. Cow elk and general deer then OTC whitetail doe for bow hunting. All x2 cause wife and I do party applications.
I live, work, and hunt in these areas and one thing that I cannot believe was left out (unless I missed it) was the amount of mule deer doe harvest. I have seen and had many family, extended family, and friends hunt ranches over the last 10 years where they take in excess of 200 animals off EACH...
Late season cow and doe deer tag for this guy. Missed antelope and bull elk. Oh well, I tend to enjoy the late season cow hunts more than bull hunting anyway. Congrats to all that drew!
Perhaps the most important lesson I learned on this trip was to choose your motel wisely. I gambled on a cheap one and lost. Dad and I got there around 9:00 PM and found that our room was scorching hot. Turned on the A/C unit, which wasn't very effective, though it did work eventually. Floors...
This all started a couple of months ago when I had grand expectations of this fall's hunting. With a handfull of tags in Colorado, and an antelope tag in Wyoming, I went and bought a new freezer to stock with all of the upcoming carnage. Well, with archery and muzzleloader antelope seasons...
Sounds like a fun filled season. The October hunt is questionable though. I have heard stories about those miscreants....hope you know what you're getting yourself into 😉 Look forward to seeing you Cush!
Ruger M77 7x57 with tang safety, open sights and Leupold 4X. My Dad jeweled the bolt and top of follower for fun.
Used to reload 145gr Speer factory 2nds that my Dad got from Lolo Sporting Goods in Lewiston, ID back in the day.
Have killed a bunch of deer, a few elk and a bear with it. My...
One thing I rarely see talked about in these discussions is the impact on the wildlife we’re all supposed to care for and conserve.
We hear plenty about hunter numbers, recruitment, and funding, but what about the effects of intense crowding (not just from hunting) on the wildlife? There’s...
We hit terminal cold point in the cowboy boots and had to make a quick solution. Even my warm layers weren’t in my pack 🤦♂️. I pulled out my hand warmer sleeve thing that I brought for her and we put it over her boots.
I could tell the antelope were going to stand soon so got settled on the...
First deer was a doe with a rifled barrel 870 borrowed from an uncle for youth hunting season. Was pretty hi tech back in 97 or 98 with the old bri sabots. Hunted every year since then and have shot exactly 3 animals with a scope and probably 30-40 with open sights for big game.
First was a...
I think I bought this rifle when my boy was 2 maybe. He's just got big enough to start shooting it in the last year. I prefer 100gr Partitions in the 243. but I'm running low and having a hard time finding more. So I've made up some reduced recoil loads with 80gr ttsx bt that he's been shooting...
Got a few things going this year and can't wait for it to happen:
Antelope - I plan to go out preseason during archery with my crossbow mainly to do scouting and especially if I draw doe tags (which I do not expect to happen but you never know if you win the lottery or not). Then I will be...
I was just over the border in WY. One unit cut all pronghorn tags. 100% cut no tags at all. Other units saw 50-60% cuts and they were not enough. This year was horrible in all the areas known to have been hit hard. The unit I had, I have had 3 times in the last 5 years. In a normal year I was...
I would gather that a landscape chock full of antelope is a great proxy for mule deer potential. I wonder what the pronghorn population would look like with otc doe tags?
I haven’t had a mule deer doe tag in my pocket since my high school days. Will get a whitetail doe tag some years just in case I get the urge to try to kill one with my bow but it’s rare I fill it. Had an antelope doe tag this year but I wasn’t seeing the numbers to justify killing one, I really...
I'm being a little picky on my archery antelope tag. I've got 2 P&Y bucks and several smaller and even a few dinks, so I'm not seriously hunting horns unless I see something that gives me a boner. I might hold off until the either sex portion and shoot a doe later in September when it's a...
App season has begun so I will tell you my plans.
Put my two boys and a friend of theirs in for type 1 Wyoming antelope. I am in for a doe tag for the same unit. To be honest I really don't care if I draw or not, just thought I would put in because I am going with the boys anyway. Also planning...