Just got back from a Western Wyoming type 6 tag with the wife. We waited until general season was over to try our luck. She has a disabled hunter permit so we spend 95% of her hunts in the truck but it gets us out west more often if we both apply for tags. Unfortunately I didn't draw this year.
We got to our unit Tuesday afternoon,shot her gun and had her dialed in to her 400 yard comfort zone,then checked into our hotel to get some rest after the 1200 mile trip from Missouri. Wednesday morning found us cruising some forest service roads and turned up a couple cows but we couldn't get closer than 600 yards so we left them and kept searching. Around 9:30 we glassed up a herd of cows and a couple big bulls about 1,000' above us so once again we just watched and enjoyed being in the woods. That afternoon we sat in a secluded bottom and turned up plenty of moose but no elk. Thursday was fairly unproductive as the weather started to warm and it seemed like all the game was laying low. Friday we found a park with a good Aspen slope adjacent to it and spent our morning there before calling it a day and heading home.
All in all not a bad hunt for her just couldn't get close. We like getting out after general season is over and the crowds have dispersed. We spent three days on a heavily roaded unit and felt like we had it all to ourselves. I've hunted there during archery and it's full of people but seems to be more elk in the early season as well.
We got to our unit Tuesday afternoon,shot her gun and had her dialed in to her 400 yard comfort zone,then checked into our hotel to get some rest after the 1200 mile trip from Missouri. Wednesday morning found us cruising some forest service roads and turned up a couple cows but we couldn't get closer than 600 yards so we left them and kept searching. Around 9:30 we glassed up a herd of cows and a couple big bulls about 1,000' above us so once again we just watched and enjoyed being in the woods. That afternoon we sat in a secluded bottom and turned up plenty of moose but no elk. Thursday was fairly unproductive as the weather started to warm and it seemed like all the game was laying low. Friday we found a park with a good Aspen slope adjacent to it and spent our morning there before calling it a day and heading home.
All in all not a bad hunt for her just couldn't get close. We like getting out after general season is over and the crowds have dispersed. We spent three days on a heavily roaded unit and felt like we had it all to ourselves. I've hunted there during archery and it's full of people but seems to be more elk in the early season as well.
