I haven't been that direction yet this spring so I'm not sure on the buck quality in the area. The last time I fished the Big Horn around Thermop we knocked them dead using a streamer with a weighted bead head dropped from that. We were on a drift boat in Mid-August and fishing the deeper (cooler) parts of the river. I landed around 18 rainbows that day, all in the 2-5 lbs range.
I've decided to change my app to 73!! I've been kicking this around quite a bit and have changed it a half dozen times between 80, 75, 83 and 73. It's staying with 73 and I'm looking forward to the day draw results come out!!
Cool!!! Good luck. Who knows, if we all draw and timing works out, maybe we can meet up out there. We will be camping and you're welcome to join us.
***Yep, with point creep and many units getting tag cuts this season, unit 83 may take more than 1PP this year to draw the tag.
I think with a lot of these antelope tag cuts the G&F made for the upcoming season that you'll see some interesting stats when everything is posted next month. There will be a lot of leftover Type 7 cow tags and I've even thought about buying one, but the price is really ridiculous IMHO when I can get leftover antelope tags for $34 a piece. I may change my tune if there aren't any doe antelope tags available in July though, but I'll be surprised because they upped the number.
We use to buy leftover doe antelope tags but after that harsh winter and tag cuts we are faced with either driving all the way across Wyo where the tags haven't been cut as bad or not going. We've elected to buy cow elk tags, the reduction in 3 tanks of gas and closeness to home has made us change to hunting elk instead of antelope .
The way the elk are booming all over Wyoming at the present time that's a wise decision to try for some cows to help cut the herds back in many areas. It's great meat and I just wish the tag fees would be dropped some so that more people would take advantage of all the excess cows that need to be taken. I have close to 4000 miles for a round trip out there, so the gas cost is huge going by myself now after the other guys quit going and that money I'd spend for a cow tag goes for gas instead. Good luck on your hunt.
Woodtick: That area you were talking about deer hunting (142) I think almost always has leftover cow tags and it is usually a pretty long season. Especially on that Horse Creek Area. That is probably why you already changed to elk, though.
We hunt either above Cokeville on the Rock Creek/Dempsey area or over by Kemmerer/La Barge on the Commissary Ridge for cow elk.
I checked the Wyoming draw results for last year. 2 points was 100 percent draw odds. Hopefully your grandfather draws this year. I'm hoping my father draws this year. Good luck
I was gonna say I poured through the draw odds and was certain with 3 general points I'd be a guarantee for 83. My buddy only had one point when we applied so he put in for special which last year was in the 50's%.
