Me and another member on here have been talking about cashing our WY pronghorn points in this year, or at least applying. Our average is 6.5, we have researched a few possible units. Scoured over the latest MRS and I even printed and highlighted the resident draw table to see what units are in high demand for the locals but I?ve yet to cross reference it for our point allocation.
We are considering the special draw and hoping to have a decent 2nd choice for back up plans, as we really want to get out there this year.
Some of those units in the 60?s have come up in our research and so has 80. I?ve spent some time in 80 scouting. It was about 5-6 years ago. Did see a few nice bucks but not a lot of animals, so things could have changed. Plus 80 is about as far as you can go in WY to hunt for us traveling from TN/AL.
Our time frame should be a solid week of hunting so we should have time to inventory the animals and put our glass to good use.
Trophy; of course we want the biggest (who doesn?t) but speaking for myself I would sacrifice that to ensure we have plenty of access with limited pressure and the ability to look over a lot of animals. We haven?t discussed in great detail on the specific dates but guessing we would likely lay off the opener if that meant less pressure, if that even applies to these type of units.
We have both killed Antelope off WY public ground on 2nd choice tags, just time to get rid of these points.
So, if anyone is willing to shed some light on our thought process it would be greatly appreciated. On a side note, my grandfather will have 7 points for next year so I thought this would be a great chance to be able to hunt in a good unit in back to back years.
Final two thoughts; we swing for the fence on a higher tiered unit with slightly good odds and hope to draw a decent 2nd choice or should we go for the sure thing?
And doe tags will be sought out as well, one of my favorite animals to eat.
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We are considering the special draw and hoping to have a decent 2nd choice for back up plans, as we really want to get out there this year.
Some of those units in the 60?s have come up in our research and so has 80. I?ve spent some time in 80 scouting. It was about 5-6 years ago. Did see a few nice bucks but not a lot of animals, so things could have changed. Plus 80 is about as far as you can go in WY to hunt for us traveling from TN/AL.
Our time frame should be a solid week of hunting so we should have time to inventory the animals and put our glass to good use.
Trophy; of course we want the biggest (who doesn?t) but speaking for myself I would sacrifice that to ensure we have plenty of access with limited pressure and the ability to look over a lot of animals. We haven?t discussed in great detail on the specific dates but guessing we would likely lay off the opener if that meant less pressure, if that even applies to these type of units.
We have both killed Antelope off WY public ground on 2nd choice tags, just time to get rid of these points.
So, if anyone is willing to shed some light on our thought process it would be greatly appreciated. On a side note, my grandfather will have 7 points for next year so I thought this would be a great chance to be able to hunt in a good unit in back to back years.
Final two thoughts; we swing for the fence on a higher tiered unit with slightly good odds and hope to draw a decent 2nd choice or should we go for the sure thing?
And doe tags will be sought out as well, one of my favorite animals to eat.
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