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Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
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03/15/23 07:31 PM
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thedoveshooter
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Prefer semi-guided/DIY in Texas. Just a landowner tag and acreage to hunt would be great.
Thanks!
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8818651
03/15/23 10:22 PM
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bassmastar34
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I would love to find the same
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: bassmastar34]
#8819022
03/16/23 04:08 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Prefer semi-guided/DIY in Texas. Just a landowner tag and acreage to hunt would be great.
Thanks! I would love to find the same Same here for two people. Texas DIY would be awesome.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8819031
03/16/23 04:26 PM
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Navasot
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Hollywood
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Would be much easier to find in NM or Kansas.... texas goat hunting will be very limited
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8819138
03/16/23 08:19 PM
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Joined: Nov 2022
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Bones72
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I'd give Colorado a look too. Not sure about Kansas they use to be real proud of their goats, pretty stingy on tags. I know Colorado is opening up their big game walk in program in the eastern part of the state to more land. Gmus 112-116 have a sizable population.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8819333
03/17/23 01:56 AM
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Dave Davidson
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Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8819405
03/17/23 04:16 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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Prefer semi-guided/DIY in Texas. Just a landowner tag and acreage to hunt would be great.
Thanks! your cheapest option is to look for Oklahoma landowners offering archery hunts/leases as they are OTC tags.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8820205
03/18/23 10:02 PM
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TakeMeLord
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Those days are gone.... I first started pronghorn hunting in 1984. Easy back then. No one valued a pronghorn. Now everyone wants a pronghorn.
If you want cheap, easy and fun, go to Wyoming. Lots of pronghorns. Occasional trophy.
If you want a true trophy and are willing to pay for it, go with a prominent guide service in New Mexico.
Any private ranch in NM that has GOOD pronghorn hunting has been leased by a guide for years. Those guides drive around. They talk to people in coffee shops. They live there.... Pay the guide.
Texas panhandle still has some opportunities, but that is fading. Ranches that I hunted on for years, where we only took one buck a year off of 10,000 acres, now has NO huntable population. Landowner now never even sees pronghorns.
West Texas pronghorn population is down. And those ranches are strictly controlled.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8851467
05/12/23 08:52 PM
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Andrewhunter08
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Which outfitter has someone used and recommended for a quality pronghorn hunt? I am not looking for a huge trophy just the experience and don't want to pay out the nose for it.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
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05/12/23 09:02 PM
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Creekrunner
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Which outfitter has someone used and recommended for a quality pronghorn hunt? I am not looking for a huge trophy just the experience and don't want to pay out the nose for it. JeremyKS. 'Occassionally posts on here. I hunted with him north of Logan, NM. Sagebrush Hunts, LLC.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8851478
05/12/23 09:04 PM
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Andrewhunter08
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Thanks! I will look into that.
Anyone in Texas?
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: Creekrunner]
#8851483
05/12/23 09:14 PM
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CitySlickerHunter
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Which outfitter has someone used and recommended for a quality pronghorn hunt? I am not looking for a huge trophy just the experience and don't want to pay out the nose for it. JeremyKS. 'Occassionally posts on here. I hunted with him north of Logan, NM. Sagebrush Hunts, LLC. Jeremy 806 333 4358
"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith 10/30/2012 I VOTED for The American
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8851488
05/12/23 09:19 PM
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Andrewhunter08
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Thanks much. I'll call Jeremy.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
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05/18/23 08:07 PM
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Raypo
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I agree with others. I use to run pronghorn hunts in Texas, and not it is completely commercialized. Tags are going to the highest bidder, landowners are super picky, and TX is probably the most expensive to hunt goats. WY is your best option for DIY. CO is all private or hard to draw for rifle. All the archery hunts on public is hit or miss, mostly private for good chances. NM is getting up there in price and going to be guided. My advice - get a couple points going and do WY, or do a guided NM or CO trip.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8854520
05/19/23 12:14 AM
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angus1956
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Wyoming Extream Outfitters, these guys know their stuff. Here is my wife's 86 5/8" giant.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
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05/19/23 11:14 AM
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Bones72
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Man that thing is huge. Probably the biggest body I've ever seen on a speed goat. Definitely cutters with the most mass. On the farm/ ranching outfit I worked at in Colorado we had some really wide and unique looking ones but about the best thing they had going was taste. No sage and they were pretty much grain fed minus the bind weed they loved to eat and spread across farm ground.
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8855625
05/21/23 02:32 PM
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83mvp
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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We hunted the TR Ranch in New Mexico east of Raton with Tri-State Outfitters. Saw hundreds on a 3-day hunt. 4 hunters in my group, 2 made B&C minimum. The other 2 were close. I think there were 8 hunters in camp when we were there. Guides were outstanding, food was excellent, facilities were comfortable and clean. It was a great hunt all around. Saw elk, mule deer and TONS of antelope. They aren't cheap, but they have access to great animals. https://www.tristateoutfittersusa.com
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Re: Looking for a Pronghorn Hunt
[Re: thedoveshooter]
#8855717
05/21/23 07:59 PM
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Daniel Boone
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Tri State does have an excellent reputation and they kill some good animals. The people at the Fish and Game office in Raton speak very highly of Bridger Petrini and his outfit but they are expensive.
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