Area 23 Antelope

[ahollobaugh]

Has anyone hunted antelope the BLM in Area 23? The Rancher I hunted with in 40 has leased his land to an outfitter and I need to find a new spot.

 

[Rem308]

I do not know anything about unit 23,but 47 and 32 hav a ton of public land.That is where I apply for since the ranch I used to hunt on for $50 was leased by an outfitter and now he wants $800 tresspass fee just for antelope.
I quess I do not blame the ranch for being leased ,the way things are in our economy,but it is still a shame it is going that way.

 

[ahollobaugh]

Thanks Rem308, $800 for a tresspass that is a little steep. You can get a private guided for 1200 - 1800. 23 has a decent amount of State and BLM. 47 and 32 have low draw odds and going in with no pref pts I am sure there will be no chance at them for me.

 

[Rem308]

My son hunts unit 26 because you can buy leftover license almost every year,and he hunts bLM land and has done real good .Just another area to look at .

 

[HunterScout]

What public land there is in area 23 gets hammered.

The area is predominately private or landlocked and that of course is where the good hunting is.

 

[ahollobaugh]

I was looking at the large section of BLM in the NW corner of the area. There is a walkin area in the middle of it and it looks like some other roads lead in to it. Is this the area that gets beat up? I have some land owner names to call so I may get in to one of them. Thanks for the Info.

 

[HunterScout]

Yep...The bucks in that area are only averaging 11-12 inches.

Some disease, think blue tongue run it's course through the north end of Area 23 recently and decreased a lot of the herds.

 

[ahollobaugh]

Thanks for the Info.

 

[nruehmeier]

I've hunted 23 a couple of times and found that a vast majority of the Antelope are on the eastern side of 23. The eastern side is mostly private and a lot flatter. The farther you go west the closer to the Powder river you get and the terrain gets rougher. If your interested on finding a place to hunt, PM me and I can get you the name of the rancher that we leased from for a very reasonable rate.
nrueh