Burn em. You ain't getting any younger. The cost of pts continues to climb consistently. There's plenty of great hunting to be had w zero or a couple pts.
I do agree that it seems ranchers have alot of pull w G&F in eastern WY. The elk herd increased in the area I hunt...the ranchers complained...so G&F came in and captured a bunch of elk and moved them. Another year G&F opened the antelope season a week earlier than normal and the ranchers...
I've been mule deer hunting eastern WY for many yrs now. G&F hasn't issued mule deer doe tags in 7 yrs now. The mule deer population doesn't seem to be increasing? What's your thoughts?
Gripe of the day ! A new Hunttalker see's a comment I made about a certain hard to draw limited entry unit. He pm's me for intel because he drew the once in a lifetime tag too. I try to help people out because several Hunttalkers have helped me over the yrs. Randy has even helped me...
I hunted it 3rd rifle last year. Find the food=find the cows=find the bulls during the Rut. As Randy preachs...get there a couple days early and scout.
Can friends recommend good western hunting podcasts other than Elk talk ? I'm gonna be doing alot of traveling soon and will have some downtime. Thanks
Kind of a dumb weird elk question that crossed my mind lately in my endless daydreaming. 🙄 Most elk I've seen hit w an arrow run off almost immediately. Yet most bull elk I've seen hit with a rifle stand there stubbornly absorbing 1 or more bullets before tipping over. I wonder why the...
Amen Buschy and Buzz ! The Internet empowers people to complain all they want. There's plenty of quality game on public land in general units. The hunters who know this usually keep their mouths shut. ;) And if you have the "forethought" to start applying for pp's and bp's yrs in...
8 years ago is 2011. He referred back to CWD 1st appearing in Pennsylvania in 2012 ? A Google search gives me a Feb 4th 2019 date. Not saying you are wrong icebreaker12... i dont know the backstory of this video. Here's the full video...
https://youtu.be/gdtFXriMx00