My brother and I have started building points in WY. He lives in CO, and I live on the east coast(temporarily.)
I have 2 antelope points and he has 1. I have been doing research and read some DIY antelope guides online and in the hunting rags, but it seems the second a unit is mentioned, the next years draw odds change drastically. I was reviewing an article that listed about 40 antelope units from the best of the best, to low public land, but lots of tags units, to in between. The data they were using was from 2012 draw odds.
Checking the 2014 draw odds, all the units that might look good for a <2 app from this advice is now outdated and requires 3 or 2 points to draw. We are not opposed to special license or a, on the lighter side of the range, tresspass fee but preferably not both.
And through all of that, we just want to hunt together and wouldn't mind building points and getting 2nd choice tags in representative buck areas, but then would prefer decent access, cheap tag etc.
We have been to WY many times growing up (we are in our mid 20's to low 30's) but never hunting. We sure do see many antelope driving through though.
So any advice on 2nd choice areas or 1st choice <2 would be appreciated. We probably are looking for late september or early october, not opening day(hoping for less pressure), don't mind getting off the road, planning to get the GPS and or BLM maps for the eventual unit drawn.
thanks in advance for your help pointing us in the right direction.
I have 2 antelope points and he has 1. I have been doing research and read some DIY antelope guides online and in the hunting rags, but it seems the second a unit is mentioned, the next years draw odds change drastically. I was reviewing an article that listed about 40 antelope units from the best of the best, to low public land, but lots of tags units, to in between. The data they were using was from 2012 draw odds.
Checking the 2014 draw odds, all the units that might look good for a <2 app from this advice is now outdated and requires 3 or 2 points to draw. We are not opposed to special license or a, on the lighter side of the range, tresspass fee but preferably not both.
And through all of that, we just want to hunt together and wouldn't mind building points and getting 2nd choice tags in representative buck areas, but then would prefer decent access, cheap tag etc.
We have been to WY many times growing up (we are in our mid 20's to low 30's) but never hunting. We sure do see many antelope driving through though.
So any advice on 2nd choice areas or 1st choice <2 would be appreciated. We probably are looking for late september or early october, not opening day(hoping for less pressure), don't mind getting off the road, planning to get the GPS and or BLM maps for the eventual unit drawn.
thanks in advance for your help pointing us in the right direction.