hntnIwlgo Report post Posted January 5, 2014 At the October meeting of the Southern Arizona Wildlife Callers' (SAWC) meeting in Tucson Matt Braun, from G&F, was the quest speaker. He mentioned upcoming transplanting of antelope to Units 35A & B, followed by transplants to 34A & B and then hoping to get some for Unit 31 also. He said 135 antelope were going to the 34's & 35's. Didn't say how many for 31. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted January 5, 2014 only 7 antelope tags in 31/32 this year. 3 rifle and 4 archery. no tags in 35A or 34B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willyhunts2 Report post Posted January 5, 2014 I know I see them on private land every time I pass through when I attempt to deer hunt down there. Also see a lot of yotes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audsley Report post Posted January 16, 2014 It happened. I believe there are more releases coming. http://azstarnet.com/news/local/pronghorns-released-near-sonoita/article_266fe477-a688-55b5-9ad6-17d70364db75.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues assassin Report post Posted January 16, 2014 Here is the link to the releasing of the antelope in sonoita January 15th 2014 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 17, 2014 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bVGv9y3mj4s Here is the link to the releasing of the antelope in sonoita January 15th 2014 Our Ag class / FFA program has been involved with this program for almost two years now, and will be deeply involved as the project continues. In one of the scenes you can see several of our students standing to the left of the trailer. Next month they will take pare in trapping some more antelope for release. They will be doing data collection on the animals, their movements, survival rates, habitat etc. it's a pretty cool project for the class to be involved in. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SunDevil Report post Posted January 17, 2014 is predator reduction part of their project? that would be cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 17, 2014 It's ongoing but I sure would like to see more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Tub Report post Posted January 17, 2014 I see that many of the lopes are radio tagged. I wonder if they turn that off during hunting season? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audsley Report post Posted January 17, 2014 If the antelope collars are anything like the sheep collars I'm familiar with, they wouldn't do a hunter any good unless Game & Fish gave you the numbers to punch for specific antelope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 17, 2014 Several antelope were collared, several more will be in future releases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Tub Report post Posted January 17, 2014 The FFF kids have the frequencies! YEAH! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted January 18, 2014 Im just happy that Matt Braun and G&F did this reintroduction the right way, by reducing the predators first. The Catalina Sheep reintroduction could learn from this. They should have worked on clearing out some lions ahead of time before the sheep got there. Can't wait until the population is back up to huntable numbers. I built up 17 bonus points waiting to hunt down in 34b or 35... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
520HUNT Report post Posted January 18, 2014 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bVGv9y3mj4s Here is the link to the releasing of the antelope in sonoita January 15th 2014 Our Ag class / FFA program has been involved with this program for almost two years now, and will be deeply involved as the project continues. In one of the scenes you can see several of our students standing to the left of the trailer. Next month they will take pare in trapping some more antelope for release. They will be doing data collection on the animals, their movements, survival rates, habitat etc. it's a pretty cool project for the class to be involved in. Were these released in 34b or 35? And where is the next introduction planned for? There were were 4 herds in the past, the 34a herd, the Sonoita herd, the Elgin herd and the San Rafael herd. Just wondering where these ones in the video were released? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StickFlicker Report post Posted April 15, 2014 Where did these antelope come from? I believe the first antelope released there years ago came from Texas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
