Musket Man
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I have 3, would like to use them at around 5 but havent found a good place for that yet so I may end up saving more.
Wyoming mule deer advice needed?
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I am sitting on 7, with my buddy having 3. I screwed up last year and forgot to buy a point eliminating me from being at the top of the pile for those real stellar units. Figured I might as well include him and we would average out at 5. It's enough points to draw most other units.
DoubleTrouble
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I can't think of a better way to spend money!!! I am cashing in points and buying the special tag!
HiMtnHnter
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The best thing you can do IMO is pick an area with good public land, decent numbers of deer and success, and go hunting. There's not going to be a "better time" unless you are referring to your personal schedule. This point hype is out of hand. . .
Musket Man
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I think alot of guys are doing this the last few years and many are buying points without entering the draw. Some drawing odds may get alot worse when the deer situation starts to improve and they start entering the draws.
mattdeere
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Any of you guys hunted Region G before? I know it's a well known unit and a lot have hunted it or at least heard about it.
bcdeer
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I have hunted it twice. Just put in for the "special tag" this morning with 2 points, Last year it was a 70 % draw. Both times I hunted there it kicked my butt and I swore I would not go back but the big bucks and beautiful country give me amnesia. 2 years ago I saw about a dozen 4 pts including one 180 buck. Of course he was the only one I wasn't ready for and in range! I have had the best luck going in where there are no trailheads which you can see pretty easily because of horse trailers parked there.
Fink
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Yeesh... You know its bad when even the state employees don't try to paint the picture in a positive light.
My first hunt out west was in region G, it was the start of an addiction to hunting the mountains. However it was back in 1991 and I wouldn't be much help in advice for the area. I can tell you that I saw plenty of deer, elk and one big mountain lion at ten paces. I ended up getting the itchy trigger finger and shot a buck that while big for a Michigan boy wasn't much of a deer by western standards. My hunting partner shot a super nice 4 by 4 with a 26 inch spread. Trust me that is a rough 1500 mile ride home looking at what you should have waited for. One thing I remember real well about it was it was some rough country with some very steep slopes. I was lucky that I had horse power to get to the top, you might want to look into horses or be in really good shape if you go. Good Luck!
Musket Man
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Is the rough steep country in G fairly open so you can glass it pretty well or are there alot of trees and cover?
The area I was in was pretty open with patches of dark timber on the north slopes. Most of the deer were seen in the open, however I was on a guided hunt and the guide would do little deer drives by going into the timber during mid day. That was how I got my buck, they really do look a lot bigger when they are running, ha, ha.
Musket Man
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MWScott72
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"I am sitting on 7, with my buddy having 3. I screwed up last year and forgot to buy a point eliminating me from being at the top of the pile for those real stellar units. Figured I might as well include him and we would average out at 5. It's enough points to draw most other units."
Sdebrot-
I did the same thing...forgot to put in for a point in 2006, and was under the impression I had max points until last year. That one point knocks you out of competition for just about all the top units for a long time. Did the same thing with elk too. Dang it all!
Sdebrot-
I did the same thing...forgot to put in for a point in 2006, and was under the impression I had max points until last year. That one point knocks you out of competition for just about all the top units for a long time. Did the same thing with elk too. Dang it all!
MWScott72
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My wife's family camps up the Greys every summer for a week, and I've been up there a dozen times now since marrying my wife. One of these days I'm actually going to hunt it. There are plenty of open areas to glass - just depends on where you are. Plenty of thick stuff too, but it's nothing like the ID panhandle or Pacific Northwest.
Musket Man
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I forgot to buy a point for elk a couple years ago too. Kept thinking I had lots of time and would do it later and then I realized it was October. Now I make sure to buy them in July! lol Im no where close to having max points and Im not chasing units that take alot of points so Im sure it was alot more painful for you guys but I may end up applying in a different unit because of it.
MWScott72
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I wanted to hunt Unit 90, but with less than max points, that's pretty much a pipe dream for a LONG time now. Looks like it will be a different unit in the future. I'll be buying another point since I can't hunt WY this year due to money/time, AND the fact that I should pull an LE Muzz tag for elk here in UT. If I do that, it will take up the majority of my available time this fall.
I was saving points to hunt area 102. There is no way I'm going to keep that up until everybody with one point greater has used there's up. To much money and too much time, figured this year was a good one to burn them up.
Musket Man
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Some of the point creep is from tags being reduced in alot of areas. Hopefully things will get better the next few years and there will be more tags and slow down the point creep.
mattdeere
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There are plenty of places in G that you can glass for miles. Everything from high country timber patch basins to lower country sage brush. One of the most beautiful places to hunt in the west! I guess that's why it's so popular.
As the time gets closer to putting in my buddy and I are leaning towards area 37. Both the biologist and the warden gave a good report on the area and I like the odds of success for the area. Even if half the unit is private there still is a lot of public hunting area left. Anybody have any reason that 37 would be a bad choice?