I'm personally a huge fan of Wyoming. But then again I'm a resident and every year I've had residency I've managed to draw and fill three antelope tags, one any antelope tags and two doe fawn tags. They are my favorite animal to eat.
I didn't get out to shoot a few weeks ago but did shoot the thor bullets today. Pretty happy with the performance at short distance. Going to try the Hornady bullets tomorrow.
Bad news on the antelope/ doe whitetail Wyoming hunt. The unit we were going to is on fire. Feel bad for the people...
No... they don't.
They are chasing $$$, otherwise we wouldn't be in this predicament.
And this ends in 2013 when it was "the good ol' days".
Much worse now.
Every hay field had 200-300 antelope. Now... maybe 6-8.
If your shooting instincts are good enough to kill a antelope at 114 yards you should probably quit building those 300k dollar houses in Bozeman and start filming yourself.
I shot my doe antelope at 114. She didn’t go 20…. I’d had multiple shots at <45. One of them, as soon as I hit the release the goat whirled and it paralleled his body at like 25 yards… I was so upset at such a slam dunk MISS. Idk what possessed me to take the shot but I felt good, and it was...
32 did ok in bad winter. He can find a doe if they want to hunt it. Was just in that area a week ago, antelope are there.
Good area to hunt that doe then go fishing nearby.
What an incredible experience to share with your daughter. Sounds like this experience certainly shaped the hunter that she will become. Great work dad!
Curious what made you settle on extra light arrows at 310+fps? I know that was a fad in the early 2000’s, you just don’t see a lot of guys doing it anymore. Has worked well for you.
I do specifically for antelope. Last two of the three years I've drawn my antelope doe tags. Went unfilled by choice both years. Whitetails are a different story.
With the winter kill that is going to be a very difficult tag to fill. If you were already going I would give it a few days, otherwise I wouldn’t. I used to hunt there and I don’t bother applying anymore.
That may be best donated this year.
Hunted south side of the mountains from 115 in what has been a good unit and numbers are down considerably. Buck to doe ratio was very low seeing a lot of groups of 12-15 does without a buck and not seeing more than one buck in any group. We hunted hard and put a tag on a nice buck, but it was...
2023 - All boneless and completely trimmed
Cow Elk - 100 pounds - lost estimated 15 points to broadhead carnage on hind quarter
3 doe antelope - 16 pounds (real old and looked like she was deteriorating), 18 pounds (young), and 23 pounds (beautiful)
Mule Deer Doe - 35 pounds
I must trim with...
Got a FWP call yesterday while at lunch.
I had to laugh since I used an e-tag for my pronghorn b tag.
"Did you hunt antelope this year?" yes
"Did you harvest a pronghorn?" yes
"How many days did you hunt?" one
"Your district was xxx, did you hunt in this district?" yes
"You had an antelope b...
A couple things, Antelope hunting is just about the easiest western hunt. Influencers pumped the hell out of it and now everyone wants to do it. Maybe reach out to these people making a living on the backs of these animals and ask them to stop making how to apply, how to glass, my antelope...
I added on a pronghorn tag to my Wyoming elk hunt based on the late draw results of the Montana antelope draw. Based on the number of tags, I figured this would be a perfect "typical" western antelope hunt and decided to have my kids (6yo son, 8yo daughter) experience it as their first western...