Quick question on antelope
PLP
6/4/11 8:23pm
How rough of an area will they roam?The area I have permission to hunt is low altitude,but it has alot of ups and downs,and drains..it is primarily open,but there are trees in some of the drains.Basically it is not flat,or gently rolling like you would imagine antelope roam..The terrains is primarily mule deer habitat,but the area has good antelope success rates...Im just wondering if the success is primarily from the open areas,or if antelope may inhabit rougher terrain...THANKS!
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Snake River Marksman
6/6/11 8:00am
Antelope do live in rougher terrain. Their primary survival mechanism is eyesight and speed, but so long as they can see a little ways and run like hell, they'll inhabit the terrain. I've seen them up at 8000' in relatively narrow sagebrush valleys. It sounds like you'll find goats just fine.
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spoofman
6/17/11 9:40am
speed goats will be found in the rougher terrain, my wife killed a nice buck in the foothills above some flats. we had to choose between two nice bucks that were up in there away from the rest of the smaller bucks and groups on the flats. it seems they headed up in the hills to bed down where we hunted. Although it does limit visibility unless you see them coming off the flats
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