elkaholic Report post Posted January 8, 2016 whats up with starting the antelope season in 7 and 9 3a the end of Sept!!! why would you have archery elk before antelope season antelope has ALWAYS been late aug first of sept the first hunt of the year !! like they ain't happy unless the screw with something!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhuntin Report post Posted January 8, 2016 I believe archery loper is for Aug-Sept dates you talked about. Rifle lope I believe has always been after archery elk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted January 8, 2016 sorry but every other rifle hunt for antelope starts Sept 2 archery elk usually starts mid sept this yr sept 23 - archery loper ends the last week of aug! always been antelope hunts are the first hunts of the season 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted January 8, 2016 I know last yr the hunts you stated started on Oct 2nd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted January 8, 2016 IF you look on page 19 it shows the dates for 2015 and the odds for 2014 of the draw all rifle / muzzleloader hunts started on SEPT 9 or Sept 11 there are no antelope hunts occurring the end sept into OCT all archery hunts started in AUG on an added nope the last few days of rifle antelope you'll have archery elk hunters in the field too so if you get real lucky you can rifle antelope and archery elk at the same time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
standman Report post Posted January 8, 2016 They had them least year. I know a couple people that had the later 3A hunt last year. Brian 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRAZYBUCK Report post Posted January 8, 2016 I had the rifle tag in 9 last year and the hunt started on October 2 and ended that day for me as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted January 8, 2016 ok so I am wrong they did start it last yr. but I was looking at page 19 - so confusing sometimes !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 8, 2016 ive seen them rutting really hard in late September before. Idk if that's normal though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.S.Davis Report post Posted January 8, 2016 When i hunted antelope in 1999 it started on September 23. I was done that day aswell. I have no idea why i still remember that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Pintail Report post Posted January 12, 2016 this was brought up last year and when I looked into it the reason was : there is a big ranch in AZ that believes hunting them in the rut is why we have such a low fawn to doe ratio, so they moved a couple hunts back to see if that does anything to help the ratio. Its not like antelope are hard to find during the day so the hunting shouldn't be any harder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted January 12, 2016 Who cares. Antelope might even be easier to hunt out of the rut when big bucks don't have 20 extra eyes around and don't run all over god's creation chasing every buck that walks by. Overlap in hunting areas with elk is pretty minimal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Titanium700 Report post Posted January 15, 2016 I just want an antelope tag, I don't care when it is...... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
