Antelope in New Mexico with muzzleloader.

[katdaddy2013]

Going to be jumping in the draw. Anyone ever hunted with muzzleloader there? Maybe it will improve my "luck of the draw".

 

[FLATHEAD]

I've grown old applying for Antelope in NM.
Yep, even the muzzleloader hunts.
I'd say 15 years now, no luck.

 

[Ol’ Cheebs]

Tough odds.
Not many tags.
Good luck

 

[katdaddy2013]

Yes, but I won't know if I don't ever try. from all I've gathered It's all luck. I was hoping that there was maybe one person that has drawn a muzzleloader tag chime in.
Still trying to decide which units in Wyoming I might try also.

 

[Fitzwho]

You also have to think that the Pronghorn draw in its current state is only 3 years old. I drew a rifle tag in 2018, the last year of the A-PLUS (Private Land Use System) where you were assigned to a private ranch if you drew in the public draw. Ever since that was scrapped there are only a handful of non-resident tags available in any given unit.

There are units with "technically" better draw odds with a rifle. Not to mention that there are only 4 units with Muzzleloader seasons giving out a total of 10 non-resident tags between those 4 units. The best draw odds for any of those being 2.9%.