Antelope Hunting

[shoeguy82]

Has anbody ever hunted in the Antelope Desert south of Chemult? I drew an east slope archery bow hunt for antelope and have no clue where to go. Can anybody help?

Josh

[baltz526]

i'll be hunting it for rifle, so i'll post my success or lack thereof when my tag is over. i also know a lady with a muzzle loader tag, she will be out before i go.

[shoeguy82]

Thanks, I will try to get ahold of you after your hunt, good luck.

[RidgeRunner]

I hunted that unit a few years ago, I will never apply for that tag again. We spent an entire week in there and did not see one antelope. Talked to one hunter who had hunted it for about 15 years and he still does not have an antelope on the wall. Good luck, hopefully baltz will have some good info to post. Good luck to all hunting in that unit

[baltz526]

i saw a lot of fresh elk sign and deer sign when i scouted. i'll guess a bowhunter has a better chance of filling these tags than antelope. for bow hunters it is about the combo hunt, sitting a treestand over a water source might get you a bear elk deer cougar or an antelope

[Jedcraft]

It's pretty tough going there. I've hunted it with bow & muzzleloader and like most hunting your really into 'em or you can't find 'em. With bow I'd treestand it over a guzzler. Used to see some real nice ones in there when we logged the area years ago. Don't overlook going up high near the park boundary.
Warning: Do not try and track them down if you spook some-I walked what we figured was 10mi one day and never did catch up to them. Man was that hot & dry. Nice campimg across the Crater Lake highway on Cottonwood Creek-beware of mosquitos--no antelope on that side.