bigdonniebrasco
Active member
I won't bore you with specific reasons, but after 40 years of hunting nothing but whitetail on the Midwest, I have decided to go try and bag some Western memories!
I say "memories" because, like a lot of you, the trophy for me is the experience... anything I might hang on the wall is just icing on the cake.
After life, and kids, and health etc have ruled the last few decades of my life, I am realizing that (like a lot of us are) we are not guaranteed a "tomorrow" and my hunting seasons will end sooner than I'd like them to.
Watching episodes with Randy and his uncle Larry have really gotten me thinking about this, age, cancer heart attacks, etc can take us out of the game any minute.
I am hunting a VERY easy to draw antelope unit in WY this Oct, to try and bag my first "goat". 100% solo backpacking hunt into the middle of nowhere in a very limited access unit.
After MANY years of daily drinking, and junk food, I quit cold turkey. I'm now eating healthy, and I started training 3-5 miles a day with a 60 pound frame pack.
This is all a long winded way of saying that I desperately want to fulfill my hunting "bucket-list" before the grim reaper comes for me!
I am not looking for any Booners, or P&Y (I bow hunt too), I am just looking to have the opportunity to go on a hunt where I have a chance to put a stalk on:
* Antelope
* Mule deer
* Elk
* Bear
In the event that I can complete those three with gas still in the tank, hell, I'll keep chugging along toward some of the crazy tags:
* Sheep
* Goat
* Wolf
* Moose
* T-Rex
Man I can ramble!!!!
So my point of all this is to ask you experts this:
I am a resident of KS, so all of my hunts except maybe a Muley will be as a Non Res.
I would LOVE any recommendations from you guys (or gals) as to where you would apply as a non res for my list of critters. And maybe there are states that have over the counter tags that I don't have to "put in for".
Are there states where I should be buying points, if that's an option? I'm just afraid that by the time I figure all this out I will have wasted a few more precious years that could be spent applying.
Since I am brand new to this process, I don't know how it works but I am trying hard to catch up and learn. I now have a single PP in WY for antelope
I am not opposed to hiking way back in somewhere, and doing the hard work that some people wont.
Thanks for listening to my long winded rant, and for any guidance that you may send my way!
Don
I say "memories" because, like a lot of you, the trophy for me is the experience... anything I might hang on the wall is just icing on the cake.
After life, and kids, and health etc have ruled the last few decades of my life, I am realizing that (like a lot of us are) we are not guaranteed a "tomorrow" and my hunting seasons will end sooner than I'd like them to.
Watching episodes with Randy and his uncle Larry have really gotten me thinking about this, age, cancer heart attacks, etc can take us out of the game any minute.
I am hunting a VERY easy to draw antelope unit in WY this Oct, to try and bag my first "goat". 100% solo backpacking hunt into the middle of nowhere in a very limited access unit.
After MANY years of daily drinking, and junk food, I quit cold turkey. I'm now eating healthy, and I started training 3-5 miles a day with a 60 pound frame pack.
This is all a long winded way of saying that I desperately want to fulfill my hunting "bucket-list" before the grim reaper comes for me!
I am not looking for any Booners, or P&Y (I bow hunt too), I am just looking to have the opportunity to go on a hunt where I have a chance to put a stalk on:
* Antelope
* Mule deer
* Elk
* Bear
In the event that I can complete those three with gas still in the tank, hell, I'll keep chugging along toward some of the crazy tags:
* Sheep
* Goat
* Wolf
* Moose
* T-Rex
Man I can ramble!!!!
So my point of all this is to ask you experts this:
I am a resident of KS, so all of my hunts except maybe a Muley will be as a Non Res.
I would LOVE any recommendations from you guys (or gals) as to where you would apply as a non res for my list of critters. And maybe there are states that have over the counter tags that I don't have to "put in for".
Are there states where I should be buying points, if that's an option? I'm just afraid that by the time I figure all this out I will have wasted a few more precious years that could be spent applying.
Since I am brand new to this process, I don't know how it works but I am trying hard to catch up and learn. I now have a single PP in WY for antelope
I am not opposed to hiking way back in somewhere, and doing the hard work that some people wont.
Thanks for listening to my long winded rant, and for any guidance that you may send my way!
Don