I went Regular, 2% random odds. I do have better odds in the reduced price draw for a cow tag, fingers crossed. I intend to draw in Colorado this year, so don’t really need to throw the extra cash at Wyoming this time.
You can get a used topper for almost nothing. I got mine, practically new condition, for $150 through a government auction. Makes a great mobile camp for solo hunts.
I guess technically you’re right.
A better way to put it is it’s roughly $150 to apply and build points in Colorado.
My point was that it’s not a true equivalency, since you still are paying up to a few hundred $$ in Wyoming for preference points later in the summer, depending on the...
My strategy is to keep a reserve of PTO and throw as many applications out as is sensible. You’ll get a few lucky draws, and eventually accumulate enough points to draw some tags predictably. After about 10 years, I now have way more options than time for drawing hunts. You have to keep your...
The plan is:
Oklahoma hogs
Colorado early rifle deer
Colorado muzzleloader elk
Indiana deer
Shoot for the moon everywhere else
The plan always changes several times over during application season.
If you end up replacing the motor, Jasper makes an MDS-deleted motor that I believe takes out a lot of the cam and lifter issues. I had one installed in my truck a couple years ago and still get 19-20 mpg on stock-sized 10-ply tires.
I went on my first antelope hunt about 12 years ago. Just a small fraction of the experience of many here, but still enough to see plenty of changes in populations, tag quotas, draw odds, etc.
When I first started planning these hunts, I don’t know how many references I heard made to “prairie...