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Wyoming hunt map change?
Can someone help me out? Until very recently, when you pulled up the hunt map on the Wyoming Game and Fish Site, say for the elk hunt areas or antelope hunt areas, the county roads were prominently outlined in orange/yellow. It was a pretty easy way to see public access. But when I got on today...- bts09
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Annual better luck next year Wyoming antelope post
I’m hoping all of you drew the tags you wanted. But for those of us that didn’t, I’m trying to offer a discussion that doesn’t sound like “the sky is falling” or “woe is me” or “close the borders to all non-residents.” So yeah, point creep was real. And man, it jumped this year in ways that I... -
Texas piney woods whitetails
Howdy all, This year, for the first time, I leased a small (about 50 acres) piece of property in East Texas, a little north of Big Thicket National Preserve. I leased it from a timber company--so it's obviously not being managed for deer (or any wildlife). Because it's timber property, it's a... -
Texas moves to a cubed loyalty point system
All, So for this year, for the first time, the preference points in Texas (called "loyalty points") will be cubed for applicants. Until this year, they were just extra shots at a draw--so if you had two loyalty points, and you applied, your name would go into the hat three times for that... -
Howa HS Precision .300 WM
All, Just wanted the group input here. I've got to get a "larger animal" rifle, and I've settled on .300 WM as the caliber. And I think I've also settled on an HS Precision as the rifle, but that's what I'm seeking input on. I want to keep it under $1000, and that seems like a good, accurate... -
Annual pronghorn elation/sadness/confusion thread
The day tag results come out, there’s always elation (Yay! I finally got my _ tag!), sadness (Bummer. Another year not chasing antelope.), and confusion (How the heck did a unit go from 100% draw odds to 10% draw odds???). I won’t belabor the point Big Fin has made much more eloquently than I... -
Wyoming HMA information page still down?
Anyone have any intel on this? When I use the Elk Area Map to then click on an HMA that I would like to apply for, to get more information, etc, it takes me to a landing error page--says to check back May 1, 2020, but that's, well, a long time ago. Just wanted to see if anyone had any... -
Wyoming Elk Area 7 -- Difficult access? Confused...
All, I've got a cow tag for Wyoming Area 7. I just realized on the Wyoming hunt map that it's listed as "difficult public access," and that's confusing to me because I'm looking at the map and it's got a lot of walk ins and a huge chunk of forest service land through the middle of the unit that... -
Wyoming NR doe tag drawing question
Howdy all, I can't find the answer to this and I've seen conflicting things on here. If I apply for two doe tags in the same unit, if I draw one, will I automatically draw the second? I've only done this once, applied for two, drew them both. But I want to know, do I have a chance of drawing 1... -
Wyoming Antelope, here I come (again).
Here we go. I had such a good experience with my first Wyoming public land antelope hunt last year that I put in for three more tags this year and drew them all. I’ll be hunting the same unit, this time with two buddies—one who accompanied me last year and one who’s new to hunting. Between the... -
Mystery Ranch Metcalf Sale
If anyone is looking for a MR Metcalf, Brownells has some of the (now discontinued) desolve camo patterns on sale for $325.- bts09
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- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Looking for advice on first elk hunt
Hey everybody, I'm gonna take the elk plunge next year for the first time. I did public land antelope last year and will again this year. I've never hunted elk. I don't know how to shoot a bow yet, so probably we're talking rifle season. I'm looking for thoughts on whether I should (1) do a... -
Quick thoughts on non resident random draw
So I'm seeing a lot of people posting disappointment about not getting tags that they thought were more or less guaranteed. So I thought I might open a discussion about what the draw odds are telling us. I’m not specifically talking about point-creep (which is a real thing and well-documented on... -
First Wyoming Antelope -- Thanks to everyone!!!
Apologies in advance for the long post. I decided in early 2017 I wanted to hunt antelope in Wyoming. I’m from Texas, still live in Texas, and the only antelope opportunities here are the annual draw for the Rita Blanca National Grasslands (about ten permits issued each year from a pool of... -
Preserving antelope hide
Folks, Interested in real-life experience with this as the internet suggests several different options. Hopefully I'll get a lope this year. I want to preserve the whole hide (I don't plan to do a mount other than perhaps a European mount). Once I skin it in the field, what's the best way to...
