mallardsx2
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I've never killed an antelope. But when I do I will likely only kill one in my lifetime and I want it to be a quality experience.
Why only one?I've never killed an antelope. But when I do I will likely only kill one in my lifetime and I want it to be a quality experience.
There was water in most of the areas we hunted, but still no antelope. I know we came across at least 20 antelope that had died in the last month. So I am thinking something like stress from food source and one of those 3 letter EHD or something. Who knows but the total of 500 buck tags and 400 doe/fawn tags was not anywhere right for the area.I'm going to be very interested to see what unfolds over the next several months leading all the way into next spring.
I work all over the state and some of the areas mentioned above had normal numbers in May, June, even into first of July. So did the drought kill that many? Did they pile up into small pockets deep on private where they couldn't be seen? Or did they get forced to "migrate" out to find water?
The area my son and me hunted was very much so hard hit by drought, but it had a live river running through most of the hunt area. You didn't have to get real far from that river and you left 90%+ of the antelope behind, and it really looked like they were piled up around it. Most ponds were dried up, which left most those areas void of antelope.
Sometime around March the WGFD will ask for public input for the next season. I strongly suggest you and everyone else submit comments on what you seen during your hunt.There was water in most of the areas we hunted, but still no antelope. I know we came across at least 20 antelope that had died in the last month. So I am thinking something like stress from food source and one of those 3 letter EHD or something. Who knows but the total of 500 buck tags and 400 doe/fawn tags was not anywhere right for the area.