That's great to know! Thank you.This thread is a good one for myself and others who want to chase pronghorn in more states than just Wyoming (which is number one on many people's list for good reason.) I myself made a thread talking about how I want to hunt pronghorn in every state that I can DIY public land style. Asking for state rankings based on few important factors. I mentioned that I was thinking of hunting OTC Archerypronghorn in Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado. Plus many of the draw hunts in Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, possibly Arizona.
We saw some speed goats riding through Nebraska, once we went past Kearney heading to Wyoming then into Idaho for a deer hunt.
I can't imagine the outrage this would cause among residents
And yes, there is a good amount of public in a couple units - but most have 1-2 public areas, and some have almost none. A lucky resident will draw a rifle tag every 3-4 years for a unit with poor odds and battle the archery deer hunters for their chance.
The cut in NR archery tags was necessary... it doubled last year and likely would have gone up even more this year... we simply do not have the resources provide that opportunity. We offer unlimited OTC rifle deer buck tags (limit 2 per person) during the rut - so you can't call us greedy with our game.
The Panhandle of NE is some of the coolest and most unique terrain in the west. I'd encourage every nonresident to come experience it at least once.
I don't know if I would count on NR rifle antelope season anytime soon. Late season rifle doe antelope permits increased by 52% this year.
Baffling. So took NR opportunity away, added NR costs and gave residents more opportunity.
Nonresidents can purchase late season doe antelope tags. Pine Ridge rifle deer tags are limited quota OTC, no caps on resident/NR split.
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2019 was mid 300s. 2020 was over 500.
Where did you find this information though? I've been looking all over the game and parks website trying to find out permit sales and I can't find them for archery antelope.
Luke Meduna is our Big Game Program Manager in Nebraska. He is very active and informative on one of our state hunting forums, and shared this information on that forum.
That's good to know. Thanks for sharing. I'm a Ne resident and have been doing the archery antelope hunt for the last three years. Last year was absolute bonkers on the amount of nonresident hunters to the point where multiple people were going after one antelope at the same time so I think implementing this will be a good program.
Oh Gosh, that's not really what I want to hear. Can you find these animals in the southern part of the state in the frenchman unit? I'm just wondering where else you can find these animals, maybe not quite in great numbers, but if the numbers are lower in an area, I would assume most people would rule that out, leaving it open to a possible opportunity.
Yes there are. They’re all over the western half of the state in low numbers. But you have to remember that Nebraska is one of the states with the least amount of public land in the country. It’s less than 3%. In comparison Idaho is 61%, colorado is about 40%. People think nebraksa is some insane out of state place to hunt but EVERY SINGLE public piece gets hit by out of state hunters and there’s very very little public land to hunt. As a Nebraska resident if I ever moved I wouldn’t consider it to be a place worth a trip because of the low public land %. It just is too small to spread out hunters. If you want a legitimate antelope hunt just go to Wyoming. I’ve done both Nebraska can’t compare to Wyoming.
It’s not about raising the price and making hunting less accessible for the everyday working class American. It’s about making more public lands available and more habitat available for the animals. It’s about improving herd numbers and increasing opportunity across the states for the average everyday working hunter. Yes it’s good more people are interested in hunting, but it’s more important that the states and federal government are able to improve public land across the country and preserve our hunting tradition and opportunities for years to come. Hunting has never been a rich mans sport until recently, and we don’t need to make it any more elitist.
Go check out the public ground near Leadore Idaho. Lots of antelope in that area. Sure as hell arent many elk on the public, but the goats are around for sure.
