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Old 04-30-2005 | 07:23 AM
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RandyA
 
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From: NW Wyoming
Default RE: Antelope Hunting

Most areas that are easy to draw contain a majority of private land. But in some of those areas you can get permission or pay a small tresspass fee to access the land.

Try around the Rawlins area, for lots of public land and fair chance of a draw. If you haven't, research the draw odds on the G&F website, that may help you choose.

Gillette area also has some accessible private land, and you can find out through the chamber of commerce on some. Your first trip might be trial and error. If you want to do a total public land hunt, get a BLM map and do a little research.

Tuffest part is the draw, and if you do, be patient. Don't necessarily shoot the first one you see, unless it is a big one! Also, antelope is great table fair, as soon as you shoot it, cool it down quick, I gut mine, and pack with bags of ice, or quarter it, cut out the back straps, then throw it in an ice chest with ice. Cape the head, and keep it cool also if you intend to mount it.

It is easy to do-it-yourself, and is very enjoyable. You might find arrow heads, a rattle snake, horny toads, scorpions, dinosuar bones, petrified wood, petroglyphs.
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