My Wyoming DIY Antelope Hunt

It was a terrific time. Caught some good weather and tagged a buck I am very happy with on the 2nd day. Public land hunting is a challenge but with a little work can turn out just fine.

Nice job Ed. Thanks for sharing!

Gonna cash in my 7 Wyoming preference points next year for a DIY bowhunt. Really excited.

You got a beautiful buck! I would have been ecstatic to tag one like that. They are cool beasts, and tasty if handled properly. Pronghorn hunting is a blast. Haven't been in many years, but will go again when I'm able to.

Nice buck. Congrats on a successful hunt.

Thanks guys. The public land in the unit I hunt is mostly small parcels so I am rarely more than a mile from my truck and normally considerably closer. I keep several bags of ice in a cooler in my truck. After field dressing I go get my cart and come back with a bag of ice to put in the body cavity for the ride out. That starts the cooldown right away. Once back at my truck I hang the `lope from my hitch mounted hoist, skin it and break it down. The meat goes in game bags, then in trash bags to keep it dry, and into a cooler with more ice. That buck was shot at about 1 pm and was in the cooler and iced down before 3:30. Between the cost of fuel, hotels, and license/tags, the meat cost is about $40 lb, so I don't want to loose an ounce!

Nice!

Nice buck Ed! I just got one on sept 20th and had a post on here about it. I couldnt agree more on the price per pound!! The hunt was well worth the cost! Congrats!! Ken

What area did you hunt?

that critter is on my bucket list Ed.
good hunt for sure.
look me up in bland next week end

Boy, at $40/lb. It's a good thing you didn't shoot a bigger one or that could get expensive!

Good job Ed.
Good eating right there!

Now that was good!

Good job, nice buck!

Nice buck.

Any advice for people looking to do a diy antelope hunt?

LOL I think the walleye we brought home from Canada last month ran a bit more than that, although I did try to eat about $100 worth of them per day.
If a guy figures out his cost per pound of critter harvested ya looking down the wrong trail.
It still is more cost effective than golf and gives you an excuse to buy all sorts of cool stuff.

Zim

Cotton, is that what you go by up Bland way?

Great Job! Its Addicting! Really is!

yepper
next weekend is the bland roundy, 18&19 at the fairgrounds

Nice !!!!!!

WTG!, some things you just do not put a price on!

Get on it cotton, you're not going to do it any younger!!

I don't think there is anything wrong with figuring out the cost as a item for conversation, but if that is what you are looking at to determine the value of the hunt, you are missing the point. I think that's where you were coming from Zim. It's a vacation that you happen to come home from with some meat.

I had a terrific time and I'm still in the afterglow from the trip.

might have done waited too long kittyprints, done got old and stove up lol

Nah, come on out we'll get you a goat.