Antelope Outfitter

[Sewall]

Antelope is #1 on my bucket list cause I keep hearing how damn good they taste so I'm looking for an outfitter or diy archery hunt. I'm really willing to go to any state as long as I can draw with zero points or get an otc tag. I don't mind sitting water holes or going spot and stalk, I just want to get out and get one. Any advice on where to start or any good outfitters is appreciated. Thanks and good luck to everyone out there this season!


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[muddydogs]

Why no points? You have until Oct 31st to purchase a WY point which in a few WY units will get you a tag. Unfortunately most hunting for a non resident anymore requires a point or 3 to get drawn. I would think with archery you would want to hedge your bet a little and go for a decent unit.

 

[Sewall]

Why no points? You have until Oct 31st to purchase a WY point which in a few WY units will get you a tag. Unfortunately most hunting for a non resident anymore requires a point or 3 to get drawn. I would think with archery you would want to hedge your bet a little and go for a decent unit.

I wasn't aware there was still a chance to get a point. For a first timer would you advise going with an outfitter versus doing diy public? FYI I'm not a trophy hunter so score doesn't mean much to me.


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[wjohnson1983]

If you're not trophy hunting in a decent unit, I wouldn't spend the money on an outfitter. I did DIY public land last fall for my first antelope with a rifle. If I wanted to, I could have shot an antelope within the first 30 minutes I was in the unit. Just make sure you find a unit with access and have some fun. I'm hooked now.

 

[muddydogs]

From my perspective antelope are fairly easy to hunt, from your pic I take it your a turkey hunter so you are used to hunting animals with incredible eye balls and have the skills needed. When you get right down to it most antelope hunting is in a mix of public and private land in fairly flat country with little opportunity to get very far from a road and mainly involves driving around looking for animals and or checking for fresh sign at waterholes then coming up with a game plan whether its setting the water or putting a stock on a buck. The biggest challenge is making sure you keep your feet on public land and don't shoot something on private the later being less of a concern with a bow then with a rifle. I would say do it DIY but then again I have been chasing Western big game for a lot of years and wouldn't think of hiring a guide. One good thing about the WY buck tag is its an either sex tag so you can always take a doe late in the season if you choose to plus a lot of WY units also have reduced price doe and fawn tags one can draw as well.

 

[WRO]

Antelope is #1 on my bucket list cause I keep hearing how damn good they taste so I'm looking for an outfitter or diy archery hunt. I'm really willing to go to any state as long as I can draw with zero points or get an otc tag. I don't mind sitting water holes or going spot and stalk, I just want to get out and get one. Any advice on where to start or any good outfitters is appreciated. Thanks and good luck to everyone out there this season!


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I don't know where you are from, but I'd recommend going with an outfitter, If you've never hunted them before and don't have water holes scouted it.. it could be a recipe for not success.

Fred Eichler does them like 2750 guided with land owner tag. There are plenty of others that do archery hunts as well.

NM is always a good option as they don't require points. Also some of the Northern NV tags are pretty easy to draw archery.

 

[maninthemaze]

Purchase a point this year. Hunt next year. Even non residents can draw tags with zero points. I've done it 2 years in a row. And hunting during archery would sure cut down on the crowds.

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[Stein]

Purchase a point this year. Hunt next year. Even non residents can draw tags with zero points. I've done it 2 years in a row. And hunting during archery would sure cut down on the crowds.

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Ditto, plenty of buck tags for 0-1 point in Wyoming. It is probably the easiest diy western hunt there is. That said, if you want the best meat, shoot a young one feeding on crops.

I draw with 0 or 1 point and have more than enough public accessible land to myself. Once you leave the big time units, the game totally changes.


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[CLICKBANGBANG]

I'm just here to say, I picked up this years WY points to add to the pile yesterday. Elk, deer, and speed goat.

 

[elkhuntrr75]

Antelope is #1 on my bucket list cause I keep hearing how damn good they taste so I'm looking for an outfitter or diy archery hunt. I'm really willing to go to any state as long as I can draw with zero points or get an otc tag. I don't mind sitting water holes or going spot and stalk, I just want to get out and get one. Any advice on where to start or any good outfitters is appreciated. Thanks and good luck to everyone out there this season!


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I don't think you will need a outfitter. NM is a straight draw (not a point system). I just got back from a antelope hunt there. Hunting over water can work if its dry. You should have a back up plan though. The bucks were rutting and it rained a lot on my hunt. I had a blind in mesquite brush and they still saw it and would not come any closer than 100 yards. In hind sight I should have dug down 2+ buried it and brushed it in. Both Wyoming and New Mexico have good trophy quality but it may take 5 years to draw a tag in Wyoming. New Mexico's archery tags are different than there rifle tags. Archery tags can hunt public and private with landowners permission. Rifle tags you are assigned a ranch to hunt and you can only hunt there. Hope this helps. So when picking a unit in Nm pick a unit with a lot of state or boundaries land. If you draw you should spend a day or two to scout and locate the best piece of public in that unit.



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[vanish]

Hunt Wyoming and schedule your hunt for the end of the archery season plus one or two days of rifle. The rut will be in full swing for archery which should provide very good opportunities with a decoy, and then if you still haven't had success, you can take one home with the rifle.

 

[Bagel_7]

I believe there are still a few units with left over tags, however they are likely units with very little public access. Here is the link to check which units still have tags.

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/QuotaAvailability/SelectionCriteria.aspx

If you want to hunt this year and want an outfitter Table Mountain Outfitters in WY is worth checking out.

If you can wait until next year purchase that preference point. It is what I did, and you can begin researching which units you can draw with 1 pref point as a non-res and which units have the best public access and harvest rates. I have a lot of this research started and don't mind sharing it if you decide to go this route. Good luck.