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.

 

[Fowl Play]

What unknown costs do you actually have a question about or would want clarification on?

 

[EdP]

My hunting buddy (now passed) used to ask me this same question on hunts we had planned when he was as fully capable as me at looking at the fuel and lodging cost.