I hope you’re right. My strategy next year includes trying for a pronghorn tag in the special with no points if my earlier applications aren’t successful.
$1700 seems like an absolute bargain compared to what is costs me very year :).
But seriously I think many people treat hunting the west as a vacation like I do and assuming you plan to have a few weeks vacation a year the costs are budgeted annually on that basis.
It took all my will power but I resisted the temptation to buy an ID tag! Might apply in the controlled draw depending on how my other applications go. Good luck to all those that have a tag in their pocket.
I am hopeless at making predictions on draw odds, so wont even try!
But I do suspect there will be people like me that will scrape the money together and roll the dice in the special. I only hunt the west once a year and if I got a great tag in the special, due to a decent improvement in the...
Flights have been expensive since COVID but dropping slowly now with more airlines flying US - NZ. So maybe $US1500 depending on the normal variables. Car rental around the same as US.
I’m not super experienced in WY but have hunted western WY a few times including this year with an H tag holder. We only saw a few smaller bucks and doe’s and noticeably less animals than in the past. I bet there are big bucks still around but seems like they’ll be hard to find.
For my Wyoming trip this year I ended up bringing my elk antlers and pronghorn sheaths back with me as checked in luggage. Was very easy and cost effective. Now I am looking to use a artificial european skulls to mount the antlers and sheaths. I see them for sale (Van Dykes for example) but...
I quit an CO early season high country deer tag a couple of years ago.
The altitude got to me and I didn't allow enough time to acclimatize, a lesson I have learnt. My buddy told me I needed to head to lower country and fortunately he didn't really give me a choice, not sure what would have...
I showed my work colleague my pronghorn I shot in WY last week. The response was ‘are they a pest’. Pretty much highlights the difference between the New Zealand and North American wild life management.