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Antelope hunting in south dakota

Kerry

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My self and 4 other friends are very seasoned and honest archery hunters looking for a place in Western South Dakota to hunt Antelope this year. Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
 

Northern Rancher

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Now that's just mean BMR-where exactly are you guys thinking of hunting-I can ask some friends I have down there for you. Why not try Wyoming I'm pretty sure I could get you permission in around Kaycee-there's a ton of turbo goats down there.
 

Kerry

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To late for Draw in Wyoming. You can get over the counter Tags for Archery in SD. Looking somwhere around Belle Fourche area
 

Liberty Belle

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Sorry, I've been too busy to read anything on here lately, but I suggest you talk to GF&P about hunting the walk in areas. There's antelope everywhere and you won't have any trouble filling your tags.

The hunting lockout on a lot of private land is still in effect and will be until we get protection of private property rights written into state law, but that won't be a problem for you if you stay on public land and the walk in areas.
 

Faster horses

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We were down southeast of Ekalaka quite a few years ago and saw this sign on a gate.

"No Pheasants. No Pheasant Hunting. Don't Ask.
Come back antelope season.
Lots of them sonsabitches." :shock:

You sure won't have a problem finding landowners that will let
you hunt antelope!!!
 

RoperAB

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Faster horses said:
We were down southeast of Ekalaka quite a few years ago and saw this sign on a gate.

"No Pheasants. No Hunting. Don't Ask.
Come back antelope season.
Lots of them sonsabitches." :shock:

You sure won't have a problem finding landowners that will let
you hunt antelope!!!

I havnt lived with antelope but I have hunted them. Im no antelope expert.
Why dont land owners like antelope? I thought they only brows on sage brush, etc?
 
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Anonymous

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RoperAB said:
Faster horses said:
We were down southeast of Ekalaka quite a few years ago and saw this sign on a gate.

"No Pheasants. No Hunting. Don't Ask.
Come back antelope season.
Lots of them sonsabitches." :shock:

You sure won't have a problem finding landowners that will let
you hunt antelope!!!

I havnt lived with antelope but I have hunted them. Im no antelope expert.
Why dont land owners like antelope? I thought they only brows on sage brush, etc?

They are terrible on fences-- A herd of them will hit a fence going 30 mph and just send wire and staples going every direction- or even if they hit it slow and crawl thru they roll the wires together...
 

Mrs.Greg

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I'm with RoperAB...explain why Faster? We have only in the last year or two seen them in our area and so far don't seem a problam.
 

Mrs.Greg

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Oldtimer said:
RoperAB said:
Faster horses said:
We were down southeast of Ekalaka quite a few years ago and saw this sign on a gate.

"No Pheasants. No Hunting. Don't Ask.
Come back antelope season.
Lots of them sonsabitches." :shock:

You sure won't have a problem finding landowners that will let
you hunt antelope!!!

I havnt lived with antelope but I have hunted them. Im no antelope expert.
Why dont land owners like antelope? I thought they only brows on sage brush, etc?

They are terrible on fences-- A herd of them will hit a fence going 30 mph and just send wire and staples going every direction- or even if they hit it slow and crawl thru they roll the wires together...
Oh...then they're like moose only way smaller :D :lol:
 

RoperAB

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We dont have antelope where I live. When I hunted them I was down on the Ross Ranch down in the SE next to the MT border.
Whats the deal with them tearing down the fences? There so small I would not have thought them to be a problem. What happens? They get chased or running to fast and just pile through the wire?
 

Faster horses

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There are a LOT of antelope in that country. They DO eat forage besides browse. They can do a lot of damage alfalfa fields in the fall. They are like a band of sheep, okay GOATS because that is what they are.

What made you think all they ate was browse? Did you read that somewhere. I really am not being smart, just wondered where you got that idea. There is a lot of false information out there about wildlife.

A few antelope might not be a problem, too many of them IS THE PROBLEM.


And don't get the idea I hate them, because I don't. I think they are beautiful animals. But when you are the one feeding a bunch of them, I wouldn't like it either.
 

ranchwife

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I agree with FH!!! No matter how many hunters we let on here each season, those danged old antelope seem to manage to reproduce worse than rabbits :shock: !! For each one a hunter tags, two more seem to sprout outta nowhere and they wreak havoc on the alfalfa fields and on our fences :mad: !!! Only ever seen the hubby say "no" to a few folks who asked to hunt antelope out here....one was OBVIOUSLY "stoned" on something smokable, but probably illegal and the other one did not have a valid license for montana!! Other than that, they have always been welcome!!
 

RoperAB

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Faster horses said:
There are a LOT of antelope in that country. They DO eat forage besides browse. They can do a lot of damage alfalfa fields in the fall. They are like a band of sheep, okay GOATS because that is what they are.

What made you think all they ate was browse? Did you read that somewhere. I really am not being smart, just wondered where you got that idea. There is a lot of false information out there about wildlife.

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I got the impression they ate mostly browse because of where you see them. Example There can be an irrigated alfalfa field on the one side of the road and no antelope on it but on the other side of the road where its basically desert with just old sage brush and tumble weeds and there you will see all the antelope. I have noticed this time and time again when driving in WY and MT.
Like I said before im no antelope expert. We dont have antelope in SW Alberta. I have only hunted them once in my life. But why do we have antelope east of here and no antelope where I live? I just guessed it was because our range was to good for them. To much lush grass up to your stirrups. Not enough old brush and weeds around here for antelope :wink:
 

Mrs.Greg

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Yes really In Alta you mainly see them southeast in that area where its dryer and hardly any treed areas.I thought the same as Roper,they've started showing up here once in a while but we've had a few years of drought now. And you want to see ananimal tear fences,One moose can take a chunk of fence,quarter mile wide and somtimes likes to chase horses and eat leaves off the trees in yard :(
 

Northern Rancher

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Boy if you run into a moose cow with calves-get the heck away from her-way worse than a sow bear for sure. Surprised nobody in farm country has had a wreck with the moose that have moved in lately.
 

Northern Rancher

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A moose in Texas now that would be funny-there's been a few tamed over the years up here-pretty cool critters to see up close. Those old cows get real protective-when thge hair flares up on their back trouble is coming. My wife and two oldest kids had a close one-I'd dropped them off to fish while I went to A'I a cow-pretty much in town limits-a calf moose wandered out and they were stuck there with no vehicle to hide in-they ran it off across the creek before mamma showed up.
 
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