Sports Lure?. Oh, and there's a nice outdoor store in Buffalo that fixed our tent poles. The name escapes me, but they had a good selection of gear.
Yep, that's it. Nice store. Very unexpected for us to find a store like that in the area. Saved our tails too.Sports Lure?
They had a Win pre 64 model 70 in 220 swift that was in nice shape .
I had to leave the store as my will power was draining.....
Nice write up, enjoyed the story and pics
Cobb,
Thanks for the final chapter. Beautiful country. I bet those hay field bottoms had some deer for you to look at in the mornings and evenings.
- Thanks!! Plenty of deer down in those fields. And antelope too. The Doe would travel to and from the public into those fields. The bucks....they didn't leave those fields.
Did you see antelope while you were deer hunting?
- Seen a few. For such a high PP area I was surprised at the lack of antelope sightings. But I suspect that the terrain a few miles west held more antelope than the terrain we were deer hunting in.
Did you talk to any ranchers about hunting on private land?
What were the land owners asking for fees?
- The ranchers in my antelope unit....cool as could be. The ranchers in the deer unit....polar opposite. They patrolled their land. Wouldn't talk or even acknowledge you in passing. The one lady I did make contact with hung up on me. So their fees, well there aren't any haha. Because they either allow no hunting, just let friends hunt, or run outfitted hunts.
Would you go back to the same areas if given the chance?
- I'd go back to the antelope area in a heartbeat. The deer area I would probably pass. Maybe not pass on the unit itself so to speak, but the specific area that we hunted I wouldn't do again. I don't know if I mentioned it, but we Competed with Elk hunters too. So that magnified the dire situation we were in.
Too bad the other hunters you had to deal with all had the first name "dick". I've never understood why people have to act that way.
I do find some local Idaho guys with the first name "dick". Not too many but, it doesn't take many to ruin the day.
- It happens. The two tracks in our little area hurt us. We couldn't get far enough away from other hunters. We sort of knew that going in, but had hoped we could head really far south into the area and hike in to avoid the pumpkin patch. Well we did that and went we as far away from a 2track that we could be, based on our maps. Looked up and there was a crew of hunters that entered a road not showing on our maps/GPS. 3 trucks with 12 hunters that proceeded to pile out hahaha. Oh well. That burnt about 1/2 a day and was a total waste. But we still had fun.
We had an overall good experience. I can't complain and hope it didn't sound as such. Most everyone we ran into were really good guys. And to be honest, the local ranchers were worse than any of the hunters were. With the exception of a few hunters acting out, most were great. But that's the way it is in all aspects of life, right!!Sorry to hear that the deer portion of your hunt was so bad, bummer. I knew it was going to be crowded when I saw the licenses for that region sell out for this first time I can ever remember, and that's almost 20 years in that area. As far as the ranchers in this area go, you are correct, they can be difficult at best. Something bad must have happened over the years to sour them, as most folks in Wyoming are absolutely wonderful. As far as your Caliconsin description goes, you could not be more correct. Our standing joke up here (yes it is Wisc) is that the last hunter to leave Wisc that week should turn out the lights.
Y was horrible this year too, we actually had a deer shot right next to us. It literally died 50 yards from us and was about 100 yards from us when he got shot. I have never been more afraid of being shot than at that moment, bad part is he even seen us. Said he had to make a decision if he wanted to shot it or not before it got to us?!?!?!?!?!?!!!! Wow is all we could say...I figured that when the 401 Region M leftover tags sold out this year for the first time that it would be a zoo out there for at least the first week and it was. The main NR license plates were from Cali and Wisc and I have never seen so many inconsiderate people in my 20 years out there as there were this year. Two guys walked by in front of my one buddy within 10 yards and never even saw him and then walked up to my other friend and asked him where he was hunting. He was set up on a hill glassing a pasture in a nice basin and after talking to him they walked right on out and through that entire area in front of him and then trespassed on the adjoining private property. We all had similar experiences with guys parking right next to us where we went in before daylight and here they came walking in on the ridges in all their bright orange well after daylight and then wondered why they couldn't see any deer, LOL! They should have all gone over to unit 164 earlier in the month where all the deer are, LOL!
Yea....it was a bit nuts. I tried to find you, but there were so many camps along where you were camping that we just gave up. And I've never seen so many people start their hunt like an hour after first light. We thought maybe we were messing up by going in so early, because everyone else waited until later. We still had more fun than we should have and seen plenty of game. I'm def checking out 164 on our next trip. We drove through it and it sure looked like mule deer country to me!!I figured that when the 401 Region M leftover tags sold out this year for the first time that it would be a zoo out there for at least the first week and it was. The main NR license plates were from Cali and Wisc and I have never seen so many inconsiderate people in my 20 years out there as there were this year. Two guys walked by in front of my one buddy within 10 yards and never even saw him and then walked up to my other friend and asked him where he was hunting. He was set up on a hill glassing a pasture in a nice basin and after talking to him they walked right on out and through that entire area in front of him and then trespassed on the adjoining private property. We all had similar experiences with guys parking right next to us where we went in before daylight and here they came walking in on the ridges in all their bright orange well after daylight and then wondered why they couldn't see any deer, LOL! They should have all gone over to unit 164 earlier in the month where all the deer are, LOL!
I would have had a hard time controlling myself in that situation.Y was horrible this year too, we actually had a deer shot right next to us. It literally died 50 yards from us and was about 100 yards from us when he got shot. I have never been more afraid of being shot than at that moment, bad part is he even seen us. Said he had to make a decision if he wanted to shot it or not before it got to us?!?!?!?!?!?!!!! Wow is all we could say...
If it wasnt for my hunting partner we would have had a situation on our hands, he talked me out of it confronting him. I was furious, I have a 10 month old daughter at home and beautiful wife, Im not about to get killed over a stinking animal!I would have had a hard time controlling myself in that situation.