Proghorn Trespass Hunts

Location

Features

Do you want to hunt large working cattle and sheep ranches from 30,000 to 80,000 acres?  If you want to hunt speed goats on your own, be successful and create long lasting friendships with the ranch owners these hunts are for you.  These ranchers view one speed goat the same as the next speed goat with horns that average about 12" with 17" being the best to expect.  Generally you should plan 2 days of hunting to get a pronghorn buck.  If you are particular and want a trophy it may take 5 days of hunting.  You will see hundreds of pronghorn.  You may drive ATV's and pickups on the established 2 track trails to spot the herds of antelope.  You may not drive off the 2 track trails.  This is dry country that takes years to cover a set of pickup tracks up.  Most successful stalks require about a mile of walking.  A 40 power spotting scope is absolutely essential to spot the bucks you want to stalk.    

Accommodations & Lodging

You can make your own self-contained camp at no additional charge on the ranch, roll out at the ranches bunkhouses for $100 a night, or drive 80 miles and lodge in Jordan or Miles City, MT motels with several months advanced reservations for about $75 per person/night.  Bring or buy your own drinking water! It take years to get use to drinking the spring water in this area. There is a reason the drinking water wells are called 2 step springs!     

Booking info and Pricing

Hunting arrangements need to be made before Montana Pronghorn permits are sold out. Check with MFW&Parks licensing @ 406-444-2950 or on-line fwp.state.mt.us for pronghorn permit availability @ $203 in area 700-00 for rifle or area 900-00 for archery. Hunting season for archery hunters is September 4th to October 9th. Rifle season is October 10th to November 7th.  Remember pronghorns start losing there horns the first of November.

All ranches simply are accepting a recreational trespass fee to hunt pronghorn antelope on your own without a guide with no guarantees of success. One half of the trespass fee is required to secure your hunting date.  The balance is due on arrival.

• Ranches with pronghorns 9-12 inches   $ 250 per hunter
   
• Ranches with pronghorns 12-16 inches $ 500 per hunter
   
• Ranches with pronghorns 14-17 inches $ 750 per hunter

Other

The ranchers will give you a map of their ranches and take you around to show you the fence lines.  You will never hunt the entire ranches in a week of hunting they are just too large.  It is always fun to shoot gophers, prairie dogs and coyotes while hunting also.

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