Heard from many locals around the Sunlight basin in northwestern Wyoming, that deer especially, were not in places they had normally seen them this past season.
Some saw bucks early in October in spots they were usually at in November. Others said they still haven't seen any sighns of a migration even now in December, though.
Second week of October I saw over two hundred bucks near the two dot ranch along the Chief Joseph highway. But two days later we drove through there again at dusk and could hardly find a dozen deer total. Week later we saw none there at all.
I saw less and less bucks in the high country near the top of the world store as I hunted there this past October from the third to about the tenth. Found game lower and lower every few days. I moved much lower for the rest of my hunt still trying to find a bull elk. But never saw a bull in my unit. The bulls I saw that had been taken by other hunters were all shot miles below where I was hunting. Much lower than I had been told I would find elk at the beginning of October.
Talked to some that saw deer still high at the first week of November, though not many and small.
Now that the years about up, what has been the experience of some of you guys this year compared to others?
Some saw bucks early in October in spots they were usually at in November. Others said they still haven't seen any sighns of a migration even now in December, though.
Second week of October I saw over two hundred bucks near the two dot ranch along the Chief Joseph highway. But two days later we drove through there again at dusk and could hardly find a dozen deer total. Week later we saw none there at all.
I saw less and less bucks in the high country near the top of the world store as I hunted there this past October from the third to about the tenth. Found game lower and lower every few days. I moved much lower for the rest of my hunt still trying to find a bull elk. But never saw a bull in my unit. The bulls I saw that had been taken by other hunters were all shot miles below where I was hunting. Much lower than I had been told I would find elk at the beginning of October.
Talked to some that saw deer still high at the first week of November, though not many and small.
Now that the years about up, what has been the experience of some of you guys this year compared to others?
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