Book Cliffs South Antelope

[DidIDraw]

I drew a rifle antelope tag in the Book Cliffs South unit this year. I was watching the Randy and Matthew Newberg utah antelope hunt last year (in an adjacent unit). They were seeing lots of goats in the P&J. Do the antelope in this unit like the P&J too?

 

[Elkfinder]

Most of the antelope I’ve seen in that unit have been in the sage brush flats near water.

 

[Ranger1]

Find water and you will find them. We have had 4 tags in the unit. Some real good goats. Good luck and do your scouting and you will find them quickly.

 

[BrowningRage]

They are generally out in more open country. As has been said, there is usually little water in the area that time of year, so finding some will do you good. Use what roads there are to move around and glass a lot. You can scout the area in the summer just to familiarize yourself with it, and the animals are there year round so you may see them as well. Good luck!

 

[otcWill]

I've got the NR archery tag and heading out there tmro to take a look. I'll let you know what I see.

 

[otcWill]

Just reporting back after seeing most of the unit. Looked over quite a few bucks. Nothing huge but some good ones. They were mostly in open country but enough topography that I think it'll be doable. Very few in the PJs. Already acting rutty which really surprises me; fighting, chasing, etc.

 

[Bux n Dux]

Newberg is an absolute clown. I wish people would quit watching these animal mattress actress videos on YouTube so they would fade away and get a real job.

 

[WhiskeyDog]

Almost nothing in the PJ. They're going to be in the wide open. Lots of country and lots of goat. Depending on weather patterns, water may be more or less of a factor. I live right here and work 4 days a week in the unit in goat country. They definitely move and disperse according to the weather. Let me know if you have specific questions.

 

[Lumpy]

I had the muzzle tag last year. Lots of broken country, with a rifle I would have gotten 300-400 yard shots at several good bucks. Cutting it to 150 or less was more of a challenge. I had shots at average bucks but I have gotten a couple really good ones in the past and wasn't there just to punch a tag. Enjoy the hunt, I know the memories of watching flat out wars while they were rutting was very cool and better than shooting a 13" buck.

 

[Lumpy]

I also grew up in the area and covered ground from Woodside to Wellington and US-6 to Hwy. 10. Saw goats everywhere I went but very few were in the P&J and the majority were in the country that didn't have any vegetation higher than my knee. I also used a pop-up antelope decoy to sneak in closer to the animals, it kind of worked.

 

[wweaver79]

I had the tag in 2018, they were out in the open. Hunted mainly about 6-10 miles ( guessing ) from CO border up to the beginning of the broken country. Scattered all over near the water sources.

 

[jtshedhead]

We have had two rifle tags in the past 5 years. Seen a handful of good bucks each year and several smaller. I killed a buck that officially scored 83 7/8” the following year my grandfather killed a buck that I taped out around 79” and change. Decoy! That’s it. Get a decoy. I brought my buck on from a mile plus to around 200 yards..and then missed! lol I eventually killed Jim but it was a rodeo. Same thing with my gpa, used the decoy several times and finally brought his but in from 700-800 yards to within 100 and he smoked him. Hunted from the state line to Nash wash, from the foothills to I70. Nothing up on the bunches in the pj’s to really speak of. There is actually water everywhere on an average year. Put the miles on and glass, plenty of dirt roads. Good luck!!!

 

[jtshedhead]

Grandfather’s and mine.