We are planning on making our first trip to WY for pronghorn. We will be a group of 3 (AK, MN and ID) and it will be our first pronghorn hunt. We are all good friends in our mid 30s with big game experience. We all have 4pp and have been planning on the special draw all along. We are not looking for B&C and anything in the mid 70" range will probably have us punching a tag. We will probably have 5 days to hunt and 7-9 days total with travel.
The goal would be quality of the experience so I have been keeping track of some units with decent access and low tag quotas. We would like to avoid pressure, road hunters and have nice scenery. We plan to walk a lot and pack animals out. The plan is either to do hotel or truck camp on BLM with wall tent or truck tent. We MAY have a side by side by then. We would be happier with 3 bucks in the 68-73" range and have it be laid back than fight crowds and grind out two 78" bucks if that makes sense. We don't get to see each other a lot and the guy in AK doesn't get to hunt a ton so low pressure and not living or dying by a handful of opportunities is preferred.
I know tons of winter is left ahead, but if anyone has any advice on where to try for a tag based on the goals and what they've seen/heard in 2017 after the 16-17 winter that'd be awesome. The units I've considered are 52, 66, and 106. I had also looked at 73, 77, and 78 but they have higher quotas. We have never been to WY and don't know anything about services (gas, food, lodging).
The goal would be quality of the experience so I have been keeping track of some units with decent access and low tag quotas. We would like to avoid pressure, road hunters and have nice scenery. We plan to walk a lot and pack animals out. The plan is either to do hotel or truck camp on BLM with wall tent or truck tent. We MAY have a side by side by then. We would be happier with 3 bucks in the 68-73" range and have it be laid back than fight crowds and grind out two 78" bucks if that makes sense. We don't get to see each other a lot and the guy in AK doesn't get to hunt a ton so low pressure and not living or dying by a handful of opportunities is preferred.
I know tons of winter is left ahead, but if anyone has any advice on where to try for a tag based on the goals and what they've seen/heard in 2017 after the 16-17 winter that'd be awesome. The units I've considered are 52, 66, and 106. I had also looked at 73, 77, and 78 but they have higher quotas. We have never been to WY and don't know anything about services (gas, food, lodging).