First Antelope
[ oh , and the goat is a bit to be proud of as well,] 
Re: First Antelope in Kaiparowits
J-Dub
My daughter and I were each drawn for an antelope hunt in the Kaiparowits this fall. Any pointers on where to head towards in the area?
Great pictures! Your buck looks a lot like my first buck some years ago. There is nothing more fun than sneaking up on the speed-goats and outwitting them. Talk about eyesight!
Jack
My daughter and I were each drawn for an antelope hunt in the Kaiparowits this fall. Any pointers on where to head towards in the area?
Great pictures! Your buck looks a lot like my first buck some years ago. There is nothing more fun than sneaking up on the speed-goats and outwitting them. Talk about eyesight!
Jack
Re: First Antelope
Jack,
Congratulations on drawing a fun hunt; we had a blast last year. There were a lot of antelope to look at, but they were very weary on account of all the poaching that goes on down in that area. Both the Fish and Game Officer and the BLM Officer I spoke with told me that there is a lot of poaching in the area. Having said that there are still a lot of antelope in the area to look at and hunt. We hunted most of the time between Church Wells and Big Water south of the highway. Most of the hunters we saw were also in this area, and both the F&G and BLM Officers told me that is where most of the antelope are located. I did see some north of the highway around Church Wells, but there is some private land and the land owners don’t like the hunters and are not shy about telling you as much. I stopped to look at the antelope around Church Wells knowing full well they were on private property. Within Five minutes there was an F&G Officer and a BLM Officer responding to a call about someone, me, hunting on private property. It was great to see both the F&G and BLM Officer tell the local guy he was wrong and that I was totally within my rights as a hunter to hunt right next to his house as long as I stayed on BLM land, boy was he mad. Apparently there is some conflict between the BLM and the local ranchers in the area. But like I said most of the hunters including myself stayed well away from Church Wells and Big Water to the south, and ironically that is also where most of the antelope are located. Should be a fun hunt for you and your daughter. With the price of gas where it is I would use Google Earth to look around the area. I will PM you my phone number if you want to call and discuss more exact locations. Have fun and let us know how your hunt goes.
Jeff
Congratulations on drawing a fun hunt; we had a blast last year. There were a lot of antelope to look at, but they were very weary on account of all the poaching that goes on down in that area. Both the Fish and Game Officer and the BLM Officer I spoke with told me that there is a lot of poaching in the area. Having said that there are still a lot of antelope in the area to look at and hunt. We hunted most of the time between Church Wells and Big Water south of the highway. Most of the hunters we saw were also in this area, and both the F&G and BLM Officers told me that is where most of the antelope are located. I did see some north of the highway around Church Wells, but there is some private land and the land owners don’t like the hunters and are not shy about telling you as much. I stopped to look at the antelope around Church Wells knowing full well they were on private property. Within Five minutes there was an F&G Officer and a BLM Officer responding to a call about someone, me, hunting on private property. It was great to see both the F&G and BLM Officer tell the local guy he was wrong and that I was totally within my rights as a hunter to hunt right next to his house as long as I stayed on BLM land, boy was he mad. Apparently there is some conflict between the BLM and the local ranchers in the area. But like I said most of the hunters including myself stayed well away from Church Wells and Big Water to the south, and ironically that is also where most of the antelope are located. Should be a fun hunt for you and your daughter. With the price of gas where it is I would use Google Earth to look around the area. I will PM you my phone number if you want to call and discuss more exact locations. Have fun and let us know how your hunt goes.
Jeff