The 7W provides White tail, Mule deer, Antelope, Turkeys,
and Prairie dog to hunt. Our Antelope can be measured with
up to 17 inch horns with average being 15 inches.
Wyoming hunt area is Region 001.
The closest Airport is located in Rapid City, South Dakota,
(110 miles.) They offer car rentals.
We can pick you up at the airport for $100 per trip.
Antelope Archery hunts are 3 day, 2 Hunters with 1
guide for $1,750.00 per license.
Antelope Rifle hunts are 3 day, 2 hunters with 1
guide $1,750.00 per license.
A deposit of one half of total hunt price is required upon booking.
With the final payment being due within 15 days of arrival.
You will arrive the day before your
hunt and leave the morning after your hunt unless
other arrangements have been made.
Please check the Calendar tab for available hunting dates.
There is a charge of $100 per day for all non-hunting guests.
Hunt price does not include Plane Fare, Hunting License ($512), Conservation Stamp ($12.50), Processing ($75), shipping meat ($75), car rental or Gratuity.
2000 - 2009 the kill success rate has been 100%.
No hidden costs.
Information on hunting or obtaining a Wyoming
license can be obtained at http://gf.state.wy.us
2009 hunting information
http://gf.state.wy.us/downloads/pdf/08AppBooklet/08NRALL.pdf
2009 applacations at
http://gf.state.wy.us/downloads/pdf/08Appbooklet/08NR39-40.pdf
7W Ranch
3071 Little Missouri Rd.
Hulett, Wy 82720
John Pierce 307-878-4493
jrp@rangeweb.net
Color and Size - A conspicuous characteristic of the antelope is the white rump patch. When alarmed, the hair stands erect and appears as a white flash that can be seen for miles. Tan is the dominant body color, with sharply contrasting white markings on the head and neck. The top of the buck's nose is dark and there is usually a triangular black patch below the ear. The doe does not have this black cheek patch. A short mane is present along the top of the neck. Shedding is continuous with the individual hairs being loosely attached making antelope hides worthless as rugs. Since the hairs are hollow and can be erected at will, pronghorns are able to adjust to temperature changes. No other animal is more strikingly beautiful than the pronghorn when he "poses" on the open plains. Adult male antelope weigh 90 to 110 lbs. Females are about 20 lbs. lighter.
Reproduction - Antelope breed in August and September and the young are born in May and June with about 85% of the births being twins. Pronghorns have been known to breed as fawns but they usually breed for the first time when they are 16 to 17 months of age. The gestation period for the antelope is the longest for big-game animals in the United States. About eight months after mating, one or two fawns are born. The young are not spotted like the fawns of the deer family, but instead have markings similar to the adults. The newborn do not have an odor and instinctively lie motionless for hours. This is their main defense from predators such as bobcats, eagles, and coyotes. The fawns remain hidden, with the doe feeding them several times a day until they are strong enough to travel with the adults.
Telling Age By the Teeth - The science of aging pronghorn is based on tooth development and wear. Like humans, pronghorn replace their "baby teeth" with permanent teeth at a relatively set rate. As surely as a 6-year-old child will soon get her two front teeth, a 16-month-old buck will be in the process of gaining its central two incisors. By the time an antelope is 3½ years old, all permanent teeth are in. At this stage, estimating age is based largely on rate of tooth wear. Diet and soil types may accelerate tooth wear, but generally, estimating adult pronghorn age is straight-forward until they reach 5½. Beyond that, estimating age by tooth wear is less reliable.
Decoys - should ONLY be used in the archery season, and can be used to lure in a buck antelope for a better shot. Dutton and Flambeau make life-like cardboard and foam cut-outs. decoys. You can also make your own out of plywood or cardboard and some paint. Make sure you have a way to support the decoy in the wind. Buck decoys are best used before and during the rut since the the bucks are a little more defensive of their does and will try to run the intruder off. When hunting with a partner you can use the tendency for older bucks to circle to your advantage by posting a partner to one side. Some hunters use a doe decoy to fool the herd buck into thinking one of his does has strayed off. Doe decoys will work at any time. Also, if you make one, make another and have it appear as a bedded animal. This puts a buck at ease as he approaches.
Flagging - Another way to lure in a buck is to use their keen vision and curiosity against them. I know this sounds crazy, but waving a white towel in the air will sometimes entice a buck into range, especially during the rut. The thought of another doe or even a challenger is too much for some bucks to ignore.
Scoring Horns - Scoring pronghorn antelope horns is one of the toughest chores in hunting and is done by looking at the length and mass of the horns. Some horns have round circumferences while others are oblong and wide. It takes a bit of practice judging antelope to be consistent. Mass is one of the toughest measurements to judge and actually is a large percentage of the total score. You really need to view each buck at different angles and views to get a good estimate. To complicate things even more, prongs come off the horns at different heights and some horns have more curl at the tips than others. Spend time before the season watching herds and looking for trophy bucks to become familiar with scoring horns. Look at antelope heads from several angles to get a good perspective of the horns. Get the best optics you can afford to help with learning to judge pronghorns and get as close as possible. You can also visit local taxidermists shops in your hunt area to get an idea of the horn characteristics and measure some of the mounts to get an idea what to look for.
Consider the following for a 14-inch buck, a minimum trophy size:
1)The height of the horn should be at least twice the length of the ear (which is 5 to 6 inches long).
2)The horn should be about as long as the animal's head.
3)Look for the distance between the fork (prong) and the main horn - bigger bucks have larger, noticeable, prongs and greater distance between the prong and the horn.
4)Larger, more mature, bucks have darker faces (compared to does and younger bucks)
5)A pronghorn's eye is approximately 2 inches across. If the bases look to be about that size the buck will have average to below average mass. If the bases are wider across then the eye then he'll have average to above average mass (averages are of course very dependant on where you're hunting).
Deer and elk antlers grow the points last. Why? Because they are covered in velvet. The minerals in the blood that feed this velvet are what grows the antlers. Kind of like the cambium layer of a tree. The growth is added to the outer layer. On a pronghorn, the growth is just the opposite. It is from within. The bony core is covered in a fleshy layer which produces the modified hair we call horn. In a developed horn, the core rises only about as far as the top of the prong. Hair develops basally (ie. up and out of the core) and once the prong has developed at the height of the core's point it will not grow further beyond the prong.
Both sexes have horns, but the female's are only tiny spikes and are rarely pronged as are the twelve to eighteen-inch horns of the male. The horn is made up of two parts: a bony core covered by a black outer sheath. This sheath is made up of a stiff, hair-like substance. Pronghorns are the only animals in the world who shed their horns annually, (annually in males, irregularly in females). The outer sheath of the horn falls off each fall and grows back by the following summer.
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