I had a pretty disappointing big game draw season from January through May. I applied for plenty of tags with reasonable odds, but just didn't turn much up. By the time June rolled around, I had one tag with a two-day season in December, as well as a difficult second choice archery deer tag in...
Hey rj,
16 years straight for my buddies from AZ on pronghorn buck tags, at least 25-30 doe tags each as well.
Not enough opportunity?
Year one:
16 years later, with 14 more in between:
I have never hunted mule deer before. My son will be a senior next year and I want to take him on a lot of trips next year before he heads to the Air Force. I already have a sage grouse hunt in the planning stages and would like to add a few other hunts. One being a mule deer hunt. I know the...
1. I agree and disagree. Theres nuance to every western state. Montana is a very diverse state - regions with little to no public land and regions that are dominated by public land are very different to manage, with federally protected predators in much of the state. Its not at all like the...
Morning of day 2 it took a little longer to get out to the blind than I thought it would. The sun was starting to rise and antelope were already out feeding as I drove to my little water hole. I parked the truck out of sight and took the short walk to the blind. Now to sit and wait. Lots of...
I made my way to @Pucky Freak and together we made the approach. After about 30 minutes we see the first doe walking from left to right. We sat down and I readied my rifle. He ranges her at 200 yards. Pretty soon another doe is following, then two more. I practice my aim from a seated shooting...
The Stalk
We got back to the hotel and organized gear and turned in for the night. I was up getting ready for 15 minutes before the 4:30 am alarm. My dad and son were just a bit slow to get out of bed. We got our stuff together and began the 55 minute drive to our intended spot. We arrived a...
I think it went exactly how this hunt was supposed to.
There's only about 5 chunks of ground that are both accessible and have a reasonable chance of holding an antelope in the unit. They range in size from a half section of ground to about 10,000 acres. We had an opportunity immediately as we...
As a WY resident you can get general deer and general elk every year. Antelope is draw and no general option. At least where I hunt the general deer is good everywhere I go. I got my archery mulie last year while elk hunting. If you are OK with doe antelope you should be able to hunt all 3 every...
My homeboy, C, came in from across the state where he’d moved with his new bride. He brought his lovely wife and we headed to Montana to hunt doe antelope with my daughter Hope. We had three tags. I got a bonus coyote, C got a doe, and I also got a doe after my daughter missed one. It was a long...
Sun AM no alarm set, so we can catch up on sleep. I got up before sunrise to catch a little walk.
I got several panorama photos that are better, but the file size is too large to upload.
Sun AM slow start as planned. About 9 AM we leave camp to try and relocate the group of animals from the...
More hiking and glassing. I have a whitetail doe tag so we did some glassing along the river bottom. No deer seen so off we go again. Last piece of public for the day there's some antelope not far off the road. The boys decide Reece is up again so all he has to do is sneak over a small rise and...