I've hunted WY the past two years. Coming from WI, merriums are much easier in many ways- they gobble a ton on the roost so easy to locate. They move more then Easterns, but you can use that to your advantage. If you dont feel like hiking miles, stay put, eventually one is going to gobble...
What red dots are people running? Trying to find one that doesn't break the bank, but also that wont break. There are plenty of $30 ones on Amazon but guessing the recoil of a shotgun will scramble them pretty quick.
I know a lot of guys run the Burris Fastfire- you can find them for $150...
Quite the blanket statement. Anecdotal, but I hunted a OTC unit this past fall that had solid hunting- ya there were people around but it was far from 'suck'. I havent been on a out of state hunt that took more then 1 point the past five years, and only one hunt in CO had what I would call a...
Way to many uncertainties in this life to wait around 5 years for something, IMO of course. Now i guess if you want to pile up points in some state while still hunting another state most every year thats a different deal- what I'm saying is I'm not going to sit around and not hunt and pile up...
This was a great write up. Trouble with waiting to accumulate the 4-5 pts is those units that last year took that number of points will likely take 8-9pts by the time you get to those 4-5pts. Obviously depends on the unit but pt creep has struck pretty much across the board in the west--I guess...
Typically guys come to forums to post their successes, everyone likes hearing/seeing that. How about those that hunted this year and never saw an elk or never had a shot opportunity? Not trying to throw a pity party but there are a ton of learning points to pull from a 'failed' hunt and I know...
Right there are a ton of units that even two years ago had leftover tags now there isnt a great chance to get a tag with 0 points even in a crappy unit. Will be interesting to see where we are at in five years
I'd agree the fish are impressive. I'd never wait to draw that unit as its 7 points min right now, probably never catch it with point creep. That said, looks worth the trip for some fishing!
Is what it is-Its not OTC, WYGF allocates a certain number of tags for non-res, people purchase them. I believe there were around 3k less tags this year then last year as well. You wont be successful if you quit. Adapt and overcome.
I would doubt it as when you access via the app or desktop version when you click on the block mgmt area it has a link to the PDF doc for that area that has the specific regs.
Just make sure if the block mgmt is Type 2 you do what is needed to 'register' to get in there before hand. If you have onx, it has the link for what is required for each Type 2 within the app when you click on it.
This is how most posts go, come on here ask for advice in your first couple posts- you may/may not get advice and then never login again.
I hunted this unit in 2019 for first rifle- a buddy is an outfitter so he hosted us but in 5 days we never saw or heard an elk on public. Saw two cows one...
My best advice is to take every post you read online with a grain of salt(mine included). You will see posts that make its seem like it would be an absolute miracle that you will kill anything to posts that tell you its 'easy'(there are less of these). What I find is most enjoyable is to get a...
The success numbers are pretty deceiving IMO since they dont show numbers for private vs public- it could be a huge variance depending on which you are hunting.