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So I've bowhunting pronghorn the past 3 weekends with no luck. I have found plenty of pronghorn in nice herds but once you start stalking them damn if they don't decide to get up and move to clearer areas that i have nothing to hide behind. closest i've got so far was 100 yards. I was thinking about doing a blind and a decoy but there is so many water holes where i've been hunting you got alot of area to cover. So any of you guys got any tips for a new guy to pronghorn hunting? Thanks.
Yeah... Give up and hunt something easier... Lol.
Shoot me a text. I'll give ya some tips...
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It took me 3 seasons before I took my first buck last week.
I didn't even think you could stalk a pronghorn? I thought they have some of the better eyes of the animal world so stalking is futile.
If it were me I would post up by a water hole and maybe use a decoy. Then again I've never hunted pronghorn. [ROFL2]
My buddy hunts them every year; his trick is to find out where they bed-down the night before, then return really early and sneak in way before sunrise & wait for them to move-out.
That can work as well. We did that on the last day of the hunt. We were out of camp by 5:00am and only had to walk about 500 yards. Those little buggers were up long before us that morning and their alarm systems rang out through the herd.[ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by eneranch
You must hunt WATER. Setup a blind weeks before on a water hole, river bank, or "Windmill" - cattle water tank. ;)
Let them come to you. Best and only option, stalking is not very productive.
Hunt single bucks, ya need a decoy 1 pair of eyes is alot easier than 20.
Water may or may not even be a factor.
Give up the bow and use a rifle. [Beer] Just kidding, good luck!
Yeah decoy's and a blind seem to be the way to go, but just don't know if setting up a blind this late in the season will work.
JM Ver. 2.0 I'll send you a text in the morning.
Blinds by water work good but they work better if put up a couple weeks early. Decoys can work. They are very curious animals. I have heard of guys useing card board cut outs with a little white/black paint? The satelite does usually see you before you see them. The last one i got was in WY and required a very long low crawl to top a hill before getting a shot. Best bet is to ambush at water or where they cross fences in my opinion.
I was successful my first year archery hunting antelope. I set my blind up a couple weeks early over a good water hole. The horses ate the blind because it was the only green thing. I did very well at the spot and stalk. If you are trying to go 400 yards on your belly, take water. It took around 4 hours to make 400 yards, just to have the buck spot me at 30 yards. If cows see you wearing green camo, they will try and come eat you because you are the only green thing out there.
Last day of season, I am driving to the back of the ranch and drive up on a buck. He isn't big, but it is the last day. I stop the truck, get out, climb into the bed of the truck, get m bow out of the case, climb out of the truck, walk around and shoot the buck at 24 yards.
I sure wish I would have done that the first day...
decoy,blind,watering hole. You will need to be able to shoot. My neighbor just killed one at 96 yards.
Damn 96 yards with a bow? I'm pretty confident up to 60 yards but after that the wind can take to much of a toll on your arrow and I would really hate to make a bad shot on an animal.
I believe they are shooting overdraws and light arrows, sights and all. I've heard from a friend who does guide hunts on private property, this is how they are doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ford_muscle1
That's a pretty far shot. Seems like too long of flight time. Interesting though