Anybody want to do South Dakota Antelope this year?

[Speedgoat]

Public ground hunting with a non-resident fee of $285. Be a good trip anyway, for that price. Aug - Sep

[TimH]

When and what are the details?

[Speedgoat]

They have over the counter tags and lots of public land. Many landowners in the Northwest allow bowhunters on for free too, because the goats are hard on their fencing. Still doing research, but the price is right

[Speedgoat]

ST141 ANY ANTELOPE
OPEN IN ANY UNIT WHICH HAS A FIREARMS SEASON PLUS ALL OF BRULE, BUFFALO, CAMPBELL AND HAND COUNTIES
CLOSED DURING ANTELOPE FIREARMS SEASON 9986 9690 $285 Unit already chosen

18Aug12 - 28Sep12
15Oct12 - 31Oct12

[Loftin]

Man this would be an awesome trip!!

[Speedgoat]

I am going to do it, so if anybody is up for it, let's go

[Loftin]

What do you think total cost of things would be? That's a 1000 mile drive lol

[Fightinaggies]

Post some details

[bu2herndog]

I am going to do it, so if anybody is up for it, let's go

Man I can guarantee that if I didn't already have an elk and Oklahoma whitetail hunt lined up this fall then I would just on this with you in a heartbeat. I have literally been drooling over pronghorn lately, but just can't make it happen this year.

[Speedgoat]

ARCHERY ANTELOPE
There were 1,555 archery antelope licenses issued in 2011 (1,246 resident and 309 nonresident) making up 2,141 tags. The three-tag licenses that were available for this season for the previous two years were replaced with two-tag licenses. Approximately 87% of all license holders were sampled and the survey response rate was 59%, with all hunters responding over the Internet.
The overall success rate for the archery season was projected to be 16%, with 258 bucks, 46 does, 23 buck-kids, and 10 doe-kids harvested. The archery season ran from August 20 through October 31, except when and where a state firearm antelope season was open. Of the 19 counties where antelope were reported harvested, Harding and Butte Counties accounted for just over 50% of all harvest.
Average hunter satisfaction was 4.48 and was based on a numerical scale from 1 (very dissatisfied) to 7 (very satisfied), 4 being neutral. 2011 Archery Antelope Harvest ProjectionsLast Revised: 12/14/2011Harvest ProjectionsAvgAvgResidentNonresTagsResponseUnit/SubunitBuckDoeTotalSatisfactnDaysUnit/TypeAvail.SoldAvail.SoldsoldRateSuccess1st Tag2nd TagBucksDoesKidsKidsHarvestRatingHuntedST1-41Unlmtd744Unlmtd22596957%22%22%181161022104.454.0 1ST1-48Unlmtd502Unlmtd841,17261%11%19%3%77301381284.534 .44Totals1,2463092,14158.5%16%2584623103374.484.18 # Units less than 85% response rate & harvest projections may not be within +/- 15% of sample statistic.Satisfaction is based on a scale of 1-7, where "1" is very dissatisified, "4" is neutral and "7" is very satisfied.Tag Success
Harvest summaries for 2002-2011 Archery Antelope
Licenses Sold
Harvest
Avg. Days
Average
YEAR
Resident
Nonresident
Bucks
Does
Success
Hunted
Satisfaction
2002
711
199
210
24
25%
5.12
5.30
2003
866
212
240
23
24%
4.83
5.33
2004
837
278
241
21
23%
4.76
5.35
2005
993
262
391
32
34%
4.31
5.72
2006
1,200
412
412
79
25%
4.52
5.46
2007
1,332
533
572
108
28%
4.25
5.40
2008
1,599
614
657
157
27%
4.42
5.48
2009
1,713
686
516
189
16%
4.47
4.75
2010
1,490
503
363
87
13%
4.13
4.63
2011
1,246
309
281
56
16%
4.18
4.48
Distribution of 2011 Archery Antelope harvest by county
No.
% of
No.
% of
No.
% of
County
Reports
Total
County
Reports
Total
County
Reports
Total
Harding
42
29.4%
Custer
4
2.8%
Corson
1
0.7%
Butte
30
21.0%
Haakon
2
1.4%
Jones
1
0.7%
Pennington
15
10.5%
Potter
2
1.4%
Sully
1
0.7%
Meade
14
9.8%
Stanley
2
1.4%
Walworth
1
0.7%
Fall River
11
7.7%
Tripp
2
1.4%
Ziebach
1
0.7%
Perkins
7
4.9%
Lawrence
1
0.7%
Jackson
5
3.5%
Campbell
1
0.7%
Total
143
1
Archery Antelope 1988-201105001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005, 00019881990199219941996199820002002200420062008201 0Licenses, Tags &
Harvest .0%10%20%30%40%50%% SuccessLicenses SoldHarvestTags Sold% Success
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[Speedgoat]

http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/harvest/reports/ArcheryAntelope.pdf

[Speedgoat]

What do you think total cost of things would be? That's a 1000 mile drive lol

Well, I can't take the bike to sturgis this year, so I may as well do antelope

[Habanarrow]

What dates are you looking at doing this?? Sounds like a heck of a deal!

[txbonecollector]

Very interested

[Speedgoat]

http://gfp.sd.gov/ePubs/wildlife/2011-public-hunting-atlas/index.html