otis, the antelope tags for bucks run $195. Doe/fawn tags are $50 each. I hunt on private land that we pay a $150 tresspass fee for.
The last two years I have taken myself and my two sons out hunting and the total cost for ALL of us runs around $2000 to $2300 us. Keep in mind this is for ALL of us. if you bring a buddy to help with the expenses of traveling and motel costs, it can be done for much less!
The hunt starts on Oct.1st. BUT reservations with the landowner MUST be made within the next month or you run the risk of them already being booked up. They only take a certain number of hunters. After that, you would be having to hunt public land or find another landowner.
This hunt can be done it 2 days if neccessary, and you just want to kill your animals. The animals here arent "trophy class". Most bucks will be in the 12" range. If you wanna look around there are some 14" bucks to be had, it just takes time to look over all the animals available and then hunt the one you want. The 2003 season SHOULD be one of the best yet on this ranch. We were late getting out last year and were the last hunters for the year to be on the ranch. We saw LOTS of 10 to 13" bucks that will still be there in '03. We hunted 4 days and all took exceptional animals for the area except for one guy. He was having a bad year and couldnt hit a bull in the butt! He ended up just killing a 12"incher to get it over with.



Edited by - Tn_Hunter on 12/15/2002 11:05:22