I made the trip to wyoming this past weekend to catch the opener in the Wyoming unit I drew. I decided to hunt the same place I did last year since my dad decided he wanted to go and I was confident we could draw tags. Overall the amount of people seemed up from last year and I thought overall buck quality was down a little. I was also surprised to find a couple new roads punched in to go to a new oil well. The one road ran right through an area I basically had to myself last year as people weren't willing to walk in, but with the ability to drive it seemed to see constant traffic. I think if I hunt this unit again in the future I will probably skip the opening weekend and just hunt the first week to avoid other people. Both myself and my dad comitted some pretty bad judging errors and came back with smaller bucks than we could have, but we had a good time, filled our buck tags, filled some doe tags and got to hunt together for the first time in about five years. I ended up with a fairly heavy 12 incher, after passing on some better ones, but as I said this was more just a good hunting trip than looking for big trophies.
2011 Wyo pronghorn
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Duck-Slayer
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sounds like you had a good time, that's what matters....
Matt
Matt
Big luke1981
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Congrats on a nice goat. Looks like you had fun hunting with your father and you were successful so it sounds like a great trip to me!
THWAK1
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It's not always about what an animal will "score". Some of my best hunts have been with my dad and my two kids, when we filled our tags and when we haven't. To me, family is what is truely important, and if we get a nice animal, well that is a bonus. And from the sound of your hunt, it sounds to me like you had a very successful hunt! Congrats to both of you.
Big Slick
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Sounds like a great trip.....Nothing like hunting with dad.
Bwana
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Relish the hunts you get to spend with your dad.
BiggWimm
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Nice goat! Since I moved away, I sure have missed hunting with my dad...
mdunc8
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He's a great buck. I'd have trouble passing him up too. Congrats.
pointingdogsrule
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congrats!!!
good luck to all
the dog
good luck to all
the dog
Dinkshooter
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Good job. Looks like fun to me. No pronghorn tag here this year.
Me too
Tone
Make sure you have some Lope Fajitas for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phantom
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Yeah, what oak and dinkshooter said. Hunted lope the last two years and no tag this year blows.
ashersdad
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The memories of the trip are often more important than the trophy. You guys did good. Congrats!
Amen to that! Congrats on a nice goat, sounds like you had a great time
