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Anyone interested in learning more about antelope might consider getting a copy of this book: https://www.eastmans.com/store/details/books/hunting-trophy-antelopeIt helped me a lot when I first starting hunting pronghorns.
Quote from: Bob33 on June 22, 2017, 03:43:37 PMAnyone interested in learning more about antelope might consider getting a copy of this book: https://www.eastmans.com/store/details/books/hunting-trophy-antelopeIt helped me a lot when I first starting hunting pronghorns.Thanks for the recommendation, Bob--I've actually got it on the shelf. When I drove through Wyoming for the first time a handful of years ago I saw a bunch of antelope and didn't even know what they were. Googled them when I got home and discovered that book (it may have even been via another recommendation on here), which convinced me I should be applying for tags.By the way, the 26-06 I'm taking with me will probably look familiar to you.
Don't shoot the first one you see.
Another tip you may not need. Antelope know vehicles mean trouble, and get extremely nervous when doors open. If you see a buck that looks really good from the truck, keep driving until out of sight, then leave the vehicle and make a stalk back using topography to hide and get in range. Doesn't matter how far away you are, if they can see you they are nervous.
Have a blast, and I concur with sticking to the vast public land. Don't be dismayed by relatively low antelope numbers, the northern Bighorn Basin has lower antelope densities than much of Wyoming but good quality. A good strategy is to drive the extensive road systems to figure out where the little valleys are that you aren't seeing into from the road - pronghorn can and do hide from vehicles in very subtle folds in the topography, and bucks also hide their harems from view of other bucks that way too. Walk to those areas and check them out, you'll see more bucks that way than just driving. A word of caution - a lot of that country is bentonite clay, and off the graveled roads the 2-tracks are hell when wet. If it rains hard, don't get off the gravel, 4 wheel drive and even chains aren't that great when that stuff is wet. It'll dry out fast once the rain stops. I'd go in September, the rut will be in full swing, tapering off sometime after the first week of October. It would not be a bad idea to go a couple days before the opener, that way you won't shoot the first buck that looks good Another tip you may not need. Antelope know vehicles mean trouble, and get extremely nervous when doors open. If you see a buck that looks really good from the truck, keep driving until out of sight, then leave the vehicle and make a stalk back using topography to hide and get in range. Doesn't matter how far away you are, if they can see you they are nervous.