We drew these tags, and for awhile it looked like we might not be able to make the trip, based on a confluence of forces not worth getting into here.
I would have preferred to archery hunt last month but here we are. I've only been to Wyoming once, driving through to drop off another son in Big Sky (where he met Randy this past summer!). We did a bit of hiking in Wind River Range around Lander IIRC but mostly kept a move on.
As it turns out, we have one week, next week, that my son and I can hunt two West general tags.
The freezer is fairly full, so we aren't going to be shooting spikes or cows (at least from where i sit right now, that is my expectation... I suppose we might get bored... also i have some friends in Colorado I could drop off meat with in exchange for Prop 127 No votes)
If two able bodied guys, without horses or an outfitter, had one week to hunt, and a goal of 300" ish bulls, what area(s) would you focus on? I realize some of these options are largely wilderness, but i've included them for completeness. Also it seems like there are non-wilderness pockets in some of those areas we should not rule out. I may also be omitting areas I don't know about.
Thankful for any thoughts. Feel free to ridicule lack of planning etc etc. Also feel free to downvote your real recommendation as long as you combine that with a PM .
I would have preferred to archery hunt last month but here we are. I've only been to Wyoming once, driving through to drop off another son in Big Sky (where he met Randy this past summer!). We did a bit of hiking in Wind River Range around Lander IIRC but mostly kept a move on.
As it turns out, we have one week, next week, that my son and I can hunt two West general tags.
The freezer is fairly full, so we aren't going to be shooting spikes or cows (at least from where i sit right now, that is my expectation... I suppose we might get bored... also i have some friends in Colorado I could drop off meat with in exchange for Prop 127 No votes)
If two able bodied guys, without horses or an outfitter, had one week to hunt, and a goal of 300" ish bulls, what area(s) would you focus on? I realize some of these options are largely wilderness, but i've included them for completeness. Also it seems like there are non-wilderness pockets in some of those areas we should not rule out. I may also be omitting areas I don't know about.
Thankful for any thoughts. Feel free to ridicule lack of planning etc etc. Also feel free to downvote your real recommendation as long as you combine that with a PM .