Sheridan Region Mule Deer Opportunities?

[shootbrownelk]

Did any of the ranches around Sheridan offer a trespass fee for deer? Im a little confused by your post.

I bet you could find a reasonable trespass fee in the central part of the state for a pronghorn, $2k for a outfitted hunt so make sure you do the math right in selecting a trespass fee. I heard of someone paying $1,500 for a pronghorn and that was trespass only in a eftover unit.

I believe that roknHS said $350-$400 for goats and quite a bit more for deer. Ouch! I know a ranch in central Wyoming that charges $1,500 for deer, and $250 for goats,and I thought that the outfitter/rancher was nuts. But he's full of non-residents every year.

 

[roknHS]

That is correct for antelope......average fee $350 - $400. I suppose the "quite a bit more" for deer would amount to $800 and up.
No doubt, you can hunt deer and antelope in Wyoming every year if you've got enough money. These private land units with lots of left over tags are selling most of their tags. Check the Wyoming Game Dept. left over list now. A few tags left but, not many. So, seems there are enough guys with pocket money to pay the land owners what they want. And, they are comeing back yearly once they find a place that will let them hunt. It is a money game in those private land units.
I've been looking around Gillette as well. Same deal in Unit 23. Lots of antelope, lots of left over tags, very poor public access and substantial fees for access to private land.
I would like to mention, the land owner lists I have requested from the Game Dept for the Sheridan Region and the land owner list I have recieved from the Sheridan and Gillette chamber of commerce are the same lists. I have googled a lot of the ranchers and found the lists very out of date. Lots of deceased, many are now hooked up with outfitters. I did find a few with past or pending legal issues for game violations and enviromental violations relating to drilling waste disposal. That was interesting. But, the point being, those lists probably haven't been updated for years.

 

[AT Hiker]

Stay away from 23 for antelope, what little public land had virtually no antelope. Plus there were lots of deer hunters there too. This was my experience 3 years ago. I did kill one and he was hard earned, but I spent enough money on gas to justify a trespass fee. I only seen 3 bucks on public land in 4 solid days of hunting.

 

[roknHS]

Thanks Hiker.........advice taken.

 

[Humblesmith]

A agree with the comment about staying away from Region C, unless you already have a place where you can hunt. The locals tell me they see people all the time driving around the day before the season opens, looking for a place to hunt, surprised that there was nowhere available. I was there and saw people getting run off by the sherriff for trespassing. It makes you wonder......the website plus every hunter telling people not to get tags there because there's no public land, yet people still get them anyway. I wonder how many people get tags then can't find a place to hunt.

The landowners in Wyoming are getting a lot of money from the outfitters.......in the neighborhood of $70k. That's a lot of money for just letting people hunt for two weeks. That's why all the private lands are locked up. You're better off going to some of the regions with a lot of public land and walking or renting horses.