Hunting pronghorns is a noble game of strategy, one in which we plot our moves weeks in advance. We plan for extra days for the hunt, to go deep into public ground and to know how to access private lands through landowner programs when necessary.
In any given game management unit, there are the hard-to-get-to spots where experienced bucks retreat when the pickups and the dust clouds and the orange-clad two-leggers show up in August and September.
A thorough understanding of the playing field begins with a map of the unit spread out on a table. Mark the water sources. Identify the feeding areas, escape routes and transition points. Use Google Earth for a bird’s-eye view of the country and look at
