Non resident pronghorn hunt budget?

[rp672]

Provided I already have all of the gear I would need, anyone have a ballpark estimate of how much I should budget for a non-resident week-long pronghorn hunt? I'm thinking probably South Dakota archery, and I'm willing to go pretty bare bones

 

[BowBaboon]

This seems pretty easy to sort out on your own and we really can’t help you based on the information (or in this instance, lack thereof) provided.

Could cost you $5k or could cost you $500…

 

[High Climber]

At that point it’s Just transportation, food, and if you aren’t tent camping then lodging

 

[Kurts86]

The first year I do a new hunt the cost is always higher because there is some gear I need or think I need. The second year is always significantly cheaper.

My cheapest pronghorn hunt was around $700 in 2015 but that would be around $1000 today with inflation. That was driving split between 3 guys camping only for 4 days.

Most of my pronghorn hunts typically cost between $1500-2000 with some lodging, maybe a flight and rental car.

As already mentioned you can usually sort these questions out with a spreadsheet in 15 minutes with multiple variations.

 

[cfounta1]

Tag cost, transportation, lodging, meals

 

[mt terry d]

As stated above. It can be done easily on the cheap. And usually antelope season weather is
decent camping.
And bring a cooler with food, your own water. You'd be eating at home anyway so the
food and water is really not an added expense.