Goats and Mulies

[harvey lee]

Does this area have much for goat hunting or mule deer and is it hard to get a license? Can a non-resident buy one over the counter? Thanks-Tom

[Mike Walerak]

Residents can't even by over the counter tags. It is all a lottery drawing. Non-residents have their own drawing and may have to face tighter resrictions than residents do.

Here is my Antelope story HOLY GOATS

[harvey lee]

Iam looking at doing a little goat hunting with the bow.

[percherman]

Tom what county are you looking at doing your goat hunting in? I have a contact in Harding county in NW SD that I could put you in touch with. The goat hunting is fantastic and you stand a great shot at harvesting a large goat during archery season.

[harvey lee]

All im looking for is a good place with a few decent quality bucks to have a chance at.I dont really care if I get one unless its a P&Y or very very close to it.What area of the state makes no difference to me.Looking mainly for quality,not quantity.

[percherman]

Tom, 135B unit which I hunted last year had alot of p&y bucks that we glassed on sunday B4 we left. We hunted first weekend. My brotherinlaw hunted second weekend of rifle and all three of them harvested 14" bucks. They left the last day and said there wasn't alot of pressure the second weekend and there were plenty of very decent bucks left on most of the walk in grounds. I know two people that hunt this area and pull p&y goats every year. It seems to not get the pressure the western half of harding county gets.

[harvey lee]

So your saying if I apply in the lottery and get drawn that I wont have any problem finding walk in areas to hunt.Will I need to cantact ranchers b4 I go there to get any kind of permission?

[percherman]

The amount of truly excellent huntable walk in ground is staggering. I would say a guy would be hard pressed to hunt it all in a week giving the account of other hunters and other events it would be close. You dont have to ask for permission for walk in. In fact the land owners prefer no calls or contact, but some will come out and greet you when you get back to your truck anyway to see how you have done. Most of the land owners around Reva have archers allready but will still let you on and just show you a diff.location miles from the other archer. They are very nice folks down to earth and they all have one thing in common, they hate goats!