How do you hunt Pronghorn Antelope? (Has the method changed over time?)

[oneounceload]

Since in NV you can't sit at a water hole, you need to find a good glass area and wait..............and wait...............and wait.........

The LAST thing you want to do is shoot one after it's been running - at least if you want to eat it..............

A friend who bow hunts uses the white flag method from behind a clump of sage - he has had them come in as close as 25 yards.

With a rifle, it was find them, spot from a high spot, let them settle down and stop - shoot them laying down, get to them quickly, and field dress immediately - August is still VERY hot in northern NV

 

[FrankenMauser]

With a rifle, it was find them, spot from a high spot, let them settle down and stop - shoot them laying down, get to them quickly, and field dress immediately - August is still VERY hot in northern NV

Wyoming isn't much better (most of the hunts are in September, or October, though).

My first doe, this year, required me to field dress the animal while trying to signal my wife and/or fellow hunters that I had an animal down. It normally wouldn't have been a big deal, but I was almost a half mile from the nearest road, and more than a mile from camp.

That kill actually meets all of your conditions, except one. I found them (right where I expected). I couldn't spot from high ground (flat land). They finished eating and laid down, while I was flanking them (covered more than 3/4 mile, in plain view, just so they thought I was moving in a different direction). I shot the doe while she was still lying down, chewing her cud (made a bit of a mess, with the cud, actually). Got to her right away, and made sure no follow-up shot was needed (even if they look dead... I like to make sure with a good muzzle-to-eye poke -- even if they're unconscious, reflexes will make them blink). Field dressed immediately.