BrentD
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Yet again, we swing and miss in Wyoming. And here my knees are both going to be freshened up and as good as they will ever be again.
sad news in Iowa.
sad news in Iowa. 
Another year another Wyoming Whiff
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Browning55
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Im right there with you. although I sort of swung for the fence with my draw since I didnt even know if the dates would have worked with my schedule.
3855WIN
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What’s your strategy, Brent?
BrentD
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Well, not a good one. Looks like my new strategy is one of two options.
1. Die with all my elk points.
2. Take up golf.
And hunters wonder why more people don't take up the game...
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rwc101
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If you don't want to settle for corn-fed whitetails you can come and pack out all the animals I probably won't shoot.
BrentD
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Might take you up on that. It's really the whole point to elk hunting in the first place.
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Do they?
I'm not sure that a great solution exists when demand far exceeds supply. If you struck out for 15 straight years in a random draw, you'd be just as unhappy.
Plenty of second choice type 4 options that would have gotten people out in the elk woods while still building points.
Also important to note that most of the people who drew "your" tag today have been waiting longer than you have. Should you draw before them?
Plenty of second choice type 4 options that would have gotten people out in the elk woods while still building points.
Also important to note that most of the people who drew "your" tag today have been waiting longer than you have. Should you draw before them?
Duff Hunter
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It is always a bit frustrating when we don't draw, but there is always next year or OTC............... I also did not draw in Wyoming again. (Or NM or AZ) I figured I would draw in Wyoming or New Mexico, so my Colorado application was a long shot and I will probalby only get a preference point there. It looks like I might do OTC this year, but I promise it will still be a good time out West.
BuzzH
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I feel sorry for nobody that doesn't have elk to hunt in Wyoming...that's 100% a choice not to.
LCH
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No tags for me either. I just sent their money back to them though for deer and pronghorn tags. Hopefully they'll keep some of it this time, lol!
My BIL and 5 of his extended family drew Type 4 tags though, I think I'll go along with them. It's in a unit I've hunted before, and none of them have ever hunted elk.
My BIL and 5 of his extended family drew Type 4 tags though, I think I'll go along with them. It's in a unit I've hunted before, and none of them have ever hunted elk.
BrentD
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BuzzH
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My nephew will turn 16 in September...and kill his third WY elk as a NR shortly after.
What valid excuse do you have for hunters not wanting "to take up the game?"
Surely its not due to lack of opportunity at tags...
Sorry if my violin is busted.
3855WIN
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Brent, I asked about your strategy because you could probably elk hunt if you wanted to. Were you trying for a unit that you didn’t have the points for? I understand throwing a Hail Mary. When I burn my elk points, it’ll be for a quality hunt. You might feel the same way.
I’ve hunted Wyoming three times and killed an elk, Muley, and antelope. Hard to complain about that. And snuck in some world class fly fishing.
I’ve hunted Wyoming three times and killed an elk, Muley, and antelope. Hard to complain about that. And snuck in some world class fly fishing.
I drew an archery elk tag in unit 38 in the Big Horns with 4pts and killed my first bull as an NR in 2010. I couldn't draw that tag last year a second time after applying every year since. Point creep is what it is...but it is real. I guess I am signing up for the pain however sooner or later (as an optimist) you hope the point creep will stop.
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Agreed. If you aren’t hunting pronghorn, elk, and deer in some variety as a NR in WY it is by choice. If you are a resident and aren’t hunting bull elk, buck pronghorn, buck mule and whitetail deer it is your own fault.
Badger_55
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Point creep is terrible... every year for the last couple I think Im going to pull a tag but every year im still out of the mix. Its tough, sticking with the choice to hold out for the tag that I started off buying points for in the first place. Not going to burn double digit points on a general but again thats my choice.
BuzzH
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So that would mean you probably have, what, 6-7 points currently?
I would guess you have well over 10K of your best NR buddies that have more points than you...and another 3-4k in your current pool.
Point creep isn't going to stop anytime soon.
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Since he didn’t really answer your question, it seems all a reasonable person could do is assume his chief strategy is complaining.
That’s some tough math there but yes, I agree the creep won’t stop anyone soon.
