Is chasing Wyoming permits worth it?

[LCH]

I just sent Wyoming roughly $2700 for elk tags and I hope they keep all of it.

 

[cgasner1]

If successful, my Wyoming elk camp will be luxurious with a camper, Pendleton by the fire at night, and the trusty .300 win mag.

I’m thinking tent pack animals and wilderness. May have to borrow my buddy crossbow and we can film our adventures and call it 2 guys 1 crossbow

 

[Nick87]

I’m thinking tent pack animals and wilderness. May have to borrow my buddy crossbow and we can film our adventures and call it 2 guys 1 crossbow

Sounds gay enough.

 

[cgasner1]

Sounds gay enough.

Wanna film?

 

[Nick87]

Wanna film?

Thought you'd never ask.

 

[El Jason]

Thought you'd never ask.

Just don’t make eye contact

 

[El Jason]

If successful, my Wyoming elk camp will be luxurious with a camper, Pendleton by the fire at night, and the trusty .300 win mag.

I’ll loan you my 6.5 CM if you want.

 

[cgasner1]

Thought you'd never ask.

We need a lot of footage of my feet when the boots come off for the stalk. It’ll be premium content

 

[MTLabrador]

I’ll loan you my 6.5 CM if you want.

Not enough gun for the size of elk I am after, but thank you.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I bet, given the new guys only interest is a WY bucket list elk hunt, you could acquire a fluffer for this trip and maybe get an invite to hunt some doe whitetails of the east.

 

[DFS]

Sheesh this thread took a turn for the worst. I enjoyed trikes perspective. I honestly don’t believe it’s worth it for most.

 

[Nick87]

We need a lot of footage of my feet when the boots come off for the stalk. It’ll be premium content

Im struggling to make any response appropriate here.

 

[INMT]

Im struggling to make any response appropriate here.

You “guys” should just start using PM anyway at this point.

 

[DFS]

I had 8 points when I drew my tag the first time. That’s $400 in points. I had a Sherpa with me tag cost $700 ish at the time. Gas money and back window of the pickup. Got attacked by a bear in the wall tent which turned out to be feral cats. Luckily the Sherpa ran them off. I’m in with 9 points this year. That’s $460 or so. I have experience elk hunting if you only get to do it once or twice it might be better to hunt whitetail. That chit is fun and that’s what it’s all for.

 

[Nick87]

You “guys” should just start using PM anyway at this point.

We text. Don't be jealous.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

I had 8 points when I drew my tag the first time. That’s $400 in points. I had a Sherpa with me tag cost $700 ish at the time. Gas money and back window of the pickup. Got attacked by a bear in the wall tent which turned out to be feral cats. Luckily the Sherpa ran them off. I’m in with 9 points this year. That’s $460 or so. I have experience elk hunting if you only get to do it once or twice it might be better to hunt whitetail. That chit is fun and that’s what it’s all for.

That’s one way to say it and share a perspective vs. typing in all caps about how killing an elk is gonna cost $50k and that there’s no value to real hunting in the west.

 

[cgasner1]

Im in at 13 points an the odds are in my favor just haven’t done the math on how well

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Yes, burning my wife’s 6 points, hopefully she gets a bull! And with ya’ll following along!
Matt

 

[Zim]

hahaha your not even fun to have a pissing match with. I mean let’s at least start calling one anothers wives ugly or something. We’re just posting stupid chit to post it at this point.

Have read and stayed out until now, but couldn’t resist participating in this thread. Trike23, your first post was too long for me to read all in detail, but I think I got the gist. Thanks for waking everyone up from the winter doldrums. I for one appreciate your efforts.

At 66 my best Western days are in the rear view mirror, despite 300+ points in 6 states. I’m quite pleased to have whitetail & turkey opportunity nearby in Illinois every year, dirt cheap on LL privileges. After 30 years of scouting/hunting there statewide, I have a huge inventory of good public land spots. Still a moving target though with the throngs of MS, LA, AL, GA, FL, PA & MI competition growing every year. It’s gotten so bad, after retiring last year I decided to shift my efforts to the entire month of October to beat the massive November invasion. Even my most remote boat access spots are polluted by 11/7. I’d rather hunt unpressured but less active bucks before the rut than deal with the increasing traffic.

Still do all the Western draws, love elk but it’s now just a bonus if I manage one permit. Focusing on low to mid tier units out there these days. Was fortunate to score a lot of big ones before the internet.

Wishing everyone good luck in WY & AZ.

 

[Trike23]

Have read and stayed out until now, but couldn’t resist participating in this thread. Trike23, your first post was too long for me to read all in detail, but I think I got the gist. Thanks for waking everyone up from the winter doldrums. I for one appreciate your efforts.

At 66 my best Western days are in the rear view mirror, despite 300+ points in 6 states. I’m quite pleased to have whitetail & turkey opportunity nearby in Illinois every year, dirt cheap on LL privileges. After 30 years of scouting/hunting there statewide, I have a huge inventory of good public land spots. Still a moving target though with the throngs of MS, LA, AL, GA, FL, PA & MI competition growing every year. It’s gotten so bad, after retiring last year I decided to shift my efforts to the entire month of October to beat the massive November invasion. Even my most remote boat access spots are polluted by 11/7. I’d rather hunt unpressured but less active bucks before the rut than deal with the increasing traffic.

Still do all the Western draws, love elk but it’s now just a bonus if I manage one permit. Focusing on low to mid tier units out there these days. Was fortunate to score a lot of big ones before the internet.

Wishing everyone good luck in WY & AZ.

Agree almost 100% with everything you posted. You are right pressure even east of the Mississippi is getting worse and worse every year. Especially gun hunting. With the generally acceptance of crossbows in so many states in archery seasons though it’s opened up a lot of opportunity for a lot of people. Lot of Archery only public land in that part of the country. Not a knock on elk. Just talking hunting any hunting. With potential hunters looking to hunt and are apprehensive about jumping into the points game.

Either way, it’s refreshing to see actual conversation and dialect exist here. Pleasure to meet you.
The name calling and yarn spinning is totally unessacary but I’m more then happy to engage with the boys also. It’s 2026 decorum went out the window about 30 years ago. Speaks volumes about the hunting community and the people we share the woods and mountains with.