Antelope help

[wildwoods]

Originally Posted by calgarychef

Respectfully I think it was exactly the wrong approach to suggest.
It’s a 9 hour drive for him to get into Good antelope country.
Drive 9 hours ...scout 2 days...Drive home anD apply for the tags only to learn that the antelope you saw were in their spring territories and everything has changed by fall.

No offense taken.

There is way more to learn than simply seeing goats on the hoof. Lining up permission in person, gaining local knowledge, locating irrigated fields and learning what will be planted that year (a HUGE help), and yes, seeing goats and the quality of the trophy in spring- will all help tremendously in knocking down a good speedy. I would drive 9 hrs in a heartbeat to pre-scout 18 years of priority. It starts on google earth, then to landowner maps, researching forums, talking to landowners and ultimately laying eyes on the land I've narrowed it down to. That is how I do it for most species and it just flat out works.

[Sledhead71]

Originally Posted by wildwoods

No offense taken.

There is way more to learn than simply seeing goats on the hoof. Lining up permission in person, gaining local knowledge, locating irrigated fields and learning what will be planted that year (a HUGE help), and yes, seeing goats and the quality of the trophy in spring- will all help tremendously in knocking down a good speedy. I would drive 9 hrs in a heartbeat to pre-scout 18 years of priority. It starts on google earth, then to landowner maps, researching forums, talking to landowners and ultimately laying eyes on the land I've narrowed it down to. That is how I do it for most species and it just flat out works.

I must ask why irrigation and crops are a huge help ?

[Rackmastr]

We hunted both the 144 zones and 102/118 in the same year a couple years back. Had a great hunt in both spent a day scouting the northern zones and 2 days scouting the southern ones. Both hunts offer something a bit different given season timing, rut, weather, herd densities, landscape, access, etc.

Both hunts also ended up filling tags on similar sized bucks. Each fun for their own reason.

[marky_mark]

Originally Posted by Sledhead71

I must ask why irrigation and crops are a huge help ?

There will be a lot more animals on the irrigated hay fields

[Sledhead71]

Originally Posted by marky_mark

There will be a lot more animals on the irrigated hay fields

Interesting. Not what I have experienced.

[walking buffalo]

While individual bucks will often be seen in the same area, even in subsequent years....

Pronghorns can migrate a long way when conditions are not suitable, especially in drought years.

Pre-scouting can be busted by this.

It's always better to know the area you are hunting in, but sometimes you have to go in blind.

[35 whelen]

Originally Posted by wildwoods

No offense taken.

There is way more to learn than simply seeing goats on the hoof. Lining up permission in person, gaining local knowledge, locating irrigated fields and learning what will be planted that year (a HUGE help), and yes, seeing goats and the quality of the trophy in spring- will all help tremendously in knocking down a good speedy. I would drive 9 hrs in a heartbeat to pre-scout 18 years of priority. It starts on google earth, then to landowner maps, researching forums, talking to landowners and ultimately laying eyes on the land I've narrowed it down to. That is how I do it for most species and it just flat out works.

I would do a late summer trip ,check out some sites ,Fort walsh ,Royal Tyrrell ,Head smashed in buffalo jump, lots of family things to see down there depending which wmu you hunt good luck.