WY Antelope Greybull Area

NDguy

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Hi All. Excited to be part of the new forum. My buddy and I are looking at applying for Antelope next year. I have been looking at the Greybull area as it seems to have a pretty high percentage of public land in the areas surrounding it. I did notice most of the units did not have many tags or hunters for that matter but harvest rates were high and your chances of drawing were good with only having a few points. Anyone have any information? Is there not a lot of goats in the area or why such low tag count?
 

LCH

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We deer hunted near Burlington last year. Saw a few here and there around Greybull and Burlington, not a lot. They seemed to increase exponentially the closer you got to Cody.
 

Cobbhunts

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How many points do you currently have? My brother elk hunted out that way last year. He seen more deer than anything.
 

NDguy

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We just bought our first point this year. We might just buy an over the counter doe permit for both species to try to scout around before trying for bucks.
 

mcseal2

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I've been in that area mule deer hunting once. We saw a few antelope but only a few and no big herds. Maybe they were somewhere other than where we were. I would bet the numbers are pretty limited though.
 

NE69

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They are pretty limited in that area for sure. I saw a small herd last fall with a nice buck and figured to myself that he didn't get much pressure where he was but would also be tough to locate again. If your local, would probably do ok.
 

NDguy

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Thanks for the responses. Looks like I need to do some more research. FYI I was referring to the whole unit 77 not just near Greybull. That entire region (77,78,81,82) all the way to Cody looked promising on paper due to large amounts of land and good success rates but looks like I was mistaken.
 

bdan68

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I believe all of the units you mentioned are decent areas to hunt if you have the points to draw. I haven't hunted them but from the data I've looked at and the research I've done, I don't think any of those would disappoint you. Plenty of public land and enough antelope that success rates are around 90%.
 

NDguy

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I believe all of the units you mentioned are decent areas to hunt if you have the points to draw. I haven't hunted them but from the data I've looked at and the research I've done, I don't think any of those would disappoint you. Plenty of public land and enough antelope that success rates are around 90%.
That was my thinking. The state is pretty overwhelming when you dive into research. Tough finding a good spot you can do Muleys and Goats in the same year without waiting a to build up 5+points in each.
 

LCH

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That was my thinking. The state is pretty overwhelming when you dive into research. Tough finding a good spot you can do Muleys and Goats in the same year without waiting a to build up 5+points in each.
It's a lot easier to plan a combo if you don't get hung-up on hunting both in the same area. Hunt antelope in 1 spot for a few days, then move to your deer unit.
 

tristan1127

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It's a lot easier to plan a combo if you don't get hung-up on hunting both in the same area. Hunt antelope in 1 spot for a few days, then move to your deer unit.
That is what I am planning on doing. Antelope in one and then move to MD in the next. Figure we will get the last week in Antelope rifle season in one zone and then get off and do a opening week in MD zone somewhere. Ideally we could tag out the first few days in antelope country and then have a couple of days to scout MD country before the rifle season.