Shangobango
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I would say I have gotten more relevant "secret" info from a simple call to a Wildlife officer for a specific unit over the years. It is weird, they don't hesitate to share information. Someone should tell them their public sharing is a detriment to western hunting. Hell, they even have specific videos for units on Youtube to provide more info that are published by CPW. The righteous arrogance in this thread is quite the spectacle. You guys might want to start a GoFundMe or something to start to work on de-platforming GoHunt, TopRut, OnX, etc., I think they are giving out too much precious info to the public.
For example, a great unit in Wyoming I like to pronghorn hunt has crept up over 3 points since 2019 to draw. I can barely find a shred of info online about it outside of the afore mentioned websites. Forum discussion does nothing more for a unit than anything else currently out.
Apples to oranges.
Those sites you mentioned are subscription based. Takes money and effort. Those videos on YouTube provide basic info about the units.
How many calls does a wildlife officer get about unit info a year compared to how many people can see google results by typing in a few key words. You can find this thread along with several others that have a wealth of info really quickly and effortlessly using the google.
The naivety of some folks on how flapping of the lips on social media blows up units and areas is astonishing.
This seems to be one of those situations where " you don't know what you don't know".
Much, much better deer than what we found in unit 22 near Meeker a few years ago. Took 16 points to hunt unit 22. I had/have bigger bucks in my drive way. The buck in the image to the left is in my backyard during 4th season.
If you don't think that the above quote doesn't get the social media google sniper's attention, I don't know what to tell ya.
The folks I was brought up hunting by would have slapped the taste out of my mouth for making a statement like that to one person that lived in a neighboring State, can't imagine what they would have done if I put it out there where potentially thousand or tens of thousands of people could see it.