Quote Originally Posted by fj605 View Post
Nicely done! I went out Saturday morning and had a buck lined up right at sun up but passed because he was kind of a dink. He was the best I saw all day.

It was a long day of hunting with all of my closest strangers. Didn't need OnX to know public from private land. The public land had pickups parked at every corner.

Yesterday morning I would have happily taken a dink. By 8:30 I was on a high hill surveying miles of grassland with nothing showing on public land. I texted my wife and told her I was heading home. Then I spotted animals miles away on private thinking there was a remote chance of some crossing a fence. More patience and time watching made the difference this time. This was my 10th or 11th pronghorn.

I once hunted GMU 3 where there are sizeable herds on public land but it takes a lot of points to draw the unit now and I don't have the years left. Maybe it's okay to hunt a small, sparsely populated area. Two years ago I decided to head home when I came up behind a bedded buck at 65 yards. He was a dink too young to hold a harem. I was happy to have the delicious meat.

Next year I might explore hunting Wyoming where one can get two doe tags.