Pronghorn season on the Miller Ranch ran from September 30 through October 8 this year. Overall, the Miller Ranch has had a successful summer and fall. We had fairly good spring rains. Then the rains stopped for several months, the grasses dried up and turned brown. For the first time we left the cows up in the mountains because it was still green up there with water in the headers and tenajas. In July it finally started raining again, the country greened up and we made grass.
The Pronghorn herd adjusted by scattering out and moving between pastures. Many Pronghorn does successfully raised their young. We had some nice bucks guarding their group of does and battling for breeding rights. The Miller Ranch donated one hunt to the Houston Safari Club, and Kevin Chestnut from Washington had bought that hunt. Our other hunter, Geoff Murphy, had booked a hunt through Jim Breck Bean’s guide service, High West Outfitters. Both hunters left with nice bucks, and now we’re looking forward to a good quail season.
