TPWD has a pronghorn lease list of landowners that have pronghorn permits. You call one of those land owners and they let you hunt for an "access fee". You can't call the landowners on the previous 2018-2019 season lease list. The new list isn't available until mid to late August. The season is in September. Has anyone on here done one of these hunts or know a land owner in the Panhandle that would allow me to hunt? I have already contacted two wildlife biologists and they have given me some good info. Not looking for a guide.
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Thought about this for a good while when I stumbled upon the list cruising the TPWD site a number of years ago. For some reason I feel the list is for outfitters to swipe up all the tags but I could be completely wrong! Interested to hear if anyone else has as well, as I have zero desire to be guided. -
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Talked to a biologist yesterday and he told me outfitters get most of them. The season is Sept 28-October 5th. But if someone like us wants to contact a landowner we need to wait until mid August early Sept when the new list comes out. Because new landowners may be on list and some of the previous ones may not. Looks like I could pay $3,500 for a 3 day guided hunt or get in the New Mexico draw for $283 and a $65 license and hunt 3 days also. Lots of public land to hunt there. I'm going to kick that idea around till March. Researching this, seems Wyoming is the state for pronghorn. But this being my first DIY hunt, I sure would want to do it in my home state but will go cross state line.Originally posted by diamond10x View PostComment
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Did he say the price they sell to you is all up to their discretion if you’re able to find one who hasn’t sold to an outfitter?Originally posted by lunatic'hunter View Post
Wy is the place to go for antelope but you’re gonna need a number of points to hunt public land as those units with access are some of the more desirable. You can get tags with no points but you’re looking at paying a trespass fee more than likely.Comment
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And,,,,some of the easier to draw tags aren't as easy as they used to be. When I first started hunting 24,25, and 26 it was a cinch to draw each year, but last time we paid the special (higher) price just to make sure. Wyoming has lots of goats, but the easy units don't offer up the best horns, if that's what you're looking for. I never went for horns, the meat and the hunt is what tripped my trigger. I've been nine times and took eight goats. Two with a rifle, and six with a bow. It's much more fun than deer hunting to me, but part of that is the change of scenery and the different animals you see.Originally posted by diamond10x View Post
If I were a younger guy, I'd get my feet wet in the easier draw units while building points for the more desirable ones. Wyoming gives you first, second, and third choice untis to apply for. Make the unit that is most desirable for you the first choice, another the second, and the easy draw the third. If you draw the easy one, you'll get a preference point. Do that three years running and you can draw in a "trophy" unit, or just buy points each year. They're not expensive, $30/$40 each. The beauty of Wyoming is that it's a long season and with an archery tag you can hunt from August until rifle season ends. Big window versus New Mexico's short window. But that's why NM has some gaggers, they don't kill them for two months, only a few days.
If you just want to kill one, then NM may be your best option. If you go and have as much fun as I did, don't bank on just going once
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Wyoming, is better than going to the Texas Panhandle or New Mexico for a fraction of the cost and there’s more antelope in the state of Wyoming they’re probably the rest of the nation as a whole. And there’s absolutely no reason to go with the outfitter and guide unless that just someone choosing, antelope or not that difficult to hunt. My last antelope hunt in Wyoming cost me less than $1000 and that includes my hotel room my fuel and my tag which my fuel and hotel were split with someone else.Comment
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I got the itch for pronghorn after hearing how delicious they are. Not a trophy hunter, I'd rather my trophy fit in the freezer, not necessarily on the wall. i have three preference points that i have bought for $50 ea. Plan on buying another this year. Want to use them in 2020 on an elk hunt. New Mexico is looking better than Texas. Gonna be going solo. thanks for the great info.
quote=Drycreek3189;13945929]And,,,,some of the easier to draw tags aren't as easy as they used to be. When I first started hunting 24,25, and 26 it was a cinch to draw each year, but last time we paid the special (higher) price just to make sure. Wyoming has lots of goats, but the easy units don't offer up the best horns, if that's what you're looking for. I never went for horns, the meat and the hunt is what tripped my trigger. I've been nine times and took eight goats. Two with a rifle, and six with a bow. It's much more fun than deer hunting to me, but part of that is the change of scenery and the different animals you see.
If I were a younger guy, I'd get my feet wet in the easier draw units while building points for the more desirable ones. Wyoming gives you first, second, and third choice untis to apply for. Make the unit that is most desirable for you the first choice, another the second, and the easy draw the third. If you draw the easy one, you'll get a preference point. Do that three years running and you can draw in a "trophy" unit, or just buy points each year. They're not expensive, $30/$40 each. The beauty of Wyoming is that it's a long season and with an archery tag you can hunt from August until rifle season ends. Big window versus New Mexico's short window. But that's why NM has some gaggers, they don't kill them for two months, only a few days.
If you just want to kill one, then NM may be your best option. If you go and have as much fun as I did, don't bank on just going once[/quote]
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