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Thanks guys!! Reason I am wanting to do a guided trip is this will be my first antelope hunt ever; so figured it would be a good idea to get a guide to 'show us the ropes' on hunting them.
If it was a deer hunt I wouldn't even think about a guide. Maybe I am over thinking it and should do a DIY hunt.
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In my (very limited) experience, antelope aren't difficult to hunt at all. Pick a unit with a health population and decent access and it's as close to a gimme as there is in hunting.
We've gone to Wyoming twice and filled 5 of 6 tags. The unfilled one was an extra doe tag, and because of weather we elected to head home instead of stick it out to fill the last tag.
WY fish and game website has everything you need to pick a unit. Call the area biologist to make sure you haven't missed something. Buy the onX map for Wyoming. Much of the public is checkerboarded with private and (nearly) all of it is unmarked and you're responsible to know where you are to stay legal. Without a gps and the onX That's difficult at best. With it there's no problem.
Last year it took less than 24 hrs to fill 2 tags, so we spent more time driving to and from than hunting.
It's one of my favorite hunts and we plan to go every other year.
My vote--save the $$ and DIY.