I didn't draw any tags...what to hunt this fall

[Alabama]

So I didn't draw any tags in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, or Nevada. I don't think the sheep or deer tags in Arizona or Oregon are to be counted on with 3% or less odds. I've hunted mulies in Nebraska and Wyoming before. Never hunted elk, antelope or sheep. So my options seem to be general elk in Utah, OTC elk in Colorado, Nebraska rifle mule deer and archery antelope or Texas aoudad (trespass fee). All hunts will be DIY unless elk I would probably hire an outfitter for a drop camp to get gear in and the elk and gear out. What do y'all think?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Get a leftover Wyoming antelope tag, fun fun hunt.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Idaho has a lot of OTC options

 

[packmule]

I think you should go to far West Tx on an aoudad hunt...we need those numbers thinned so they'll quit out-competing the bighorn.

 

[tdcour]

South Dakota has OTC Antelope and Deer tags for resident and non-resident archery. Quite a bit of public ground where you can hunt either Mule or White tail deer. The Antelope population is down from previous years, but I hear it is still good hunting.

 

[Old Hunter]

One thing you need is help picking a unit/season in the draw.

 

[Alabama]

One thing you need is help picking a unit/season in the draw.

Haha. I put in for some great units with low odds. I was trying to build points for deer, elk, antelope, sheep, etc in those states. I thought I would draw gen deer in Utah and if I drew anything else it would be a bonus. Whoops looks like the plan didn't work out. I have private land in Nebraska that I can hunt mule deer and antelope (It's a friends ranch). I'm sure OTC isn't so bad either. So are you volunteering to help me in my unit selection in CO next year?

 

[Old Hunter]

Yeah, i'll help, and if you like the OTC hunt this year it will be easy.

 

[Elkoholic307]

Get a leftover Wyoming antelope tag, fun fun hunt.

This is good advice.

 

[Rodzilla]

Why not a Landowner tag in CO, if you have some $$$, you can get a decent Deer one for under $1500; or go crazy and spend allot more. I am also weighing my options, but WY left over Antelope is not a bad deal, but be weary, those left over ones tend to be in areas where you might have to secure Landowner access. Best of luck... Plenty out there if you know where to look!

 

[Alabama]

Trying to save the $$$ all I can because I'm planning an Alaska trip in 2015 or 2016. With that said DIY is the only way to go and landowner tags are just too expensive with the saving I'm trying to do. I could only hunt elk if 2-3 people split the cost of a drop camp. Still not giving up on the elk this year but more than likely it will be either western Nebraska rifle mule deer and archery antelope or leftover rifle antelope in Wyoming. I can't justify paying for landowner vouchers when I can hunt mule deer so cheap in Nebraska. Besides there are some big mulies there. There was one killed about a half mile from where I hunt that gross scored 176 typical. I might not connect on an antelope with archery gear but hey that's hunting. Thanks for the ideas and best of luck to you as well. I take it from your post that the draws didn't go as planned for you either?

 

[Rodzilla]

Good luck Alabama, I did not draw much this year, still waiting on WY results to see if the Wife and I drew our Tags... 4 Points each hoping that its enough for the unit we put in for.

 

[CoHiCntry]

With that said DIY is the only way to go and landowner tags are just too expensive with the saving I'm trying to do.

Couldn't agree more! I can't believe how much some land owner tags are. Even more surprised someone would spend that much! It's like Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty said when they were buying furniture and Willie wanted to pay for delivery instead of loading it into the truck they had in the parking lot. "It's not the money... it's the principal" LOL!!!

 

[Rodzilla]

I am not poor, Drive a 10 Year old car, bought the first house for my wife and child, but I am definitely not rich. But sometimes I wonder I am would be better off buying a good landowner tag every year for under $2000, rather then spend the same amount every year on applications and not draw anything yet again. At the moment my consolidation price is an over the counter tag in California where a big forky is a big deer. I guess I pay every year to dream, with my luck I will draw everything the same year and not be able to go. I guess its all about priorities, If you have a chance at hunting big deer near home, than that is what I would do... Crossing my fingers for the Wyoming draw.

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

Alabama, Montana looks like it still has general deer, general elk and elk/deer combo licenses available online. I've done the deer and it was a ton of fun with November rut dates.