WY 57 Antelope advice

[PeteD]

My eldest son and I burned our max. points and drew this tag. This was the year to go as he is taking a gap year before getting his masters degree. This will be his first western hunt. I have been on many but never for antelope. That said, I am looking for any help on general locations and tactics for this huge unit to find the best quality goats and have a quality experience for him. I know the north half is checker board BLM and the southern half is almost all public. I have a GPS chip. Any help would be appreciated to optimize our chances for book bucks. Thanks in advance.

 

[Alabama]

Never been there but good luck, you should have no problems finding a bruiser. Just keep your fingers off the trigger long enough to look over a lot of them. His 1st hunt out west is going to be one of the best units in the best state for pronghorns, you guys are going to have a blast!

 

[Tim McCoy]

Buy Mike Eastmans book and play around on this web site: http://www.pronghornguideservice.com/

The challenge is not to find one, they are easy to find, but to know if he is the one. They are very difficult for most, including me, to judge.

 

[sheephunter]

My brother was there last year. I didn't get a lot of specifics from him but remember he did tell me the number of bucks he saw was in the dozens...as in many dozens (I think he said 50+ bucks he looked over in 3-4 days of hunting). He said it was a great, fun, low pressure hunt with all the game around, and about zero other hunters.

 

[wy-tex]

Put in for the Tipton HMA and if you get it you'll have more access.

 

[WY ME]

57 would be my first choice if it weren't so hard to draw. One time, while driving to Colorado, I saw a book antelope feeding 100 yards from the road...during hunting season! Good luck.

 

[jtm307]

Don't shoot an antelope that's been running a lot, skin the antelope right away, and get the meat on ice ASAP. Antelope meat can be fantastic or horrible. Properly cared for antelope meat is second to none. Antelope back-straps are like gold bricks in my house, but before I knew how to care for the meat, no one would touch it.

 

[PeteD]

Thanks and some very good info thus far!

 

[480/277]

No antelope in Wyoming. Especially unit 57/60
Got to New Mexico you lucky sob.... ;-)
Congrats on the tag
My wife and I are holding out for the same tag...

 

[SPAZ]

I've had the permit twice. There's more land and antelope in the unit than you'd possibly be able to look at in 2 months. Lots of antelope and I saw almost no hunters due to the number of tags and size of unit. The highest concentrations of antelope I saw were in the south east portion of the unit, east of flat top mtn. I made 3 trips each time I had the permit, twice during archery, and once during rifle. Your chances of taking a 80+ buck is high if you can judge them.

 

[nunt'nbutmuleys]

Should be in for a very good hunt. The Antelope heard is in great shape!!! Lots of goats if ya got the time 80+" goat is very doable!! Good Luck and keep us posted .