Well with the cruel winter that we have encoutered this past year and the die offs that have occured I was wondering how many guys are gunna put in and how many will just be 999'ing this years goat draws.

Me I will be putting in reguardless, if I find the goat I want or if I dont see a single one ill be down south giving it a go.
SG

Thats the way I look at it. Rather be down there looking at least than sitting at home. Not looking for hundreds of goats, just looking for 1.
SG

yep. all three as always. only possible chance of drawing a tag though will be non-trophy. i'd love to take my boy on that one, fun hunts out on the prairie.

Dace

g yearot one with my bow last year so will 999 my archery
thinkin of doin the same for trophy as I wanna try for my moose this

justinc is coming down to hunt archery stinkers in september with me.  overall numbers are down, but there are still plenty of em out there. 

darcy, what zone you looking at.  i will be claiming home field advantage this year to cut down on costs (148, 119, 116, 124).  i saw a great big bugger yesterday though in 150.  elkhunter11 is going to be heading for that zone so i was gonna give him a tip, but if you are going there, ill give you the heads up instead.

I hunt 118/102. Been good to me and there are some toads down there. Got some pretty good info last year also from some locals after we helped them fight a grass fire so looking even more forward to my next tag down there.
SG

When does a pronghorn shed it's horns?  Are they not growing right now?

they shed in november.  they are never totally bald like a deer. the new horn growing is what pushes the old one off.  they start off not much bigger than the core, but by february they have prongs.  i dont know how much more they will grow by hunting season though.  common answers from others seem to say another inch or so in length from the base, but im not positive.

Based on previous draw stats, we should be a drawn for rifle antelope, unless they reduce allocations which requires more points per tag. If we draw it, we will find them, I have no doubt.