Prerylyon
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Hunting is supposed to be fun right? Wow is right.
Amen
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Amen
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WY Elk Draw Results
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I haven't had to do that in a while. Thanks for keeping this forum as clean as it is guys. There are some forums out there where I know they have to ban people two three times a week, some even days.
Fink
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Alaskabound2016
Active Member
No need to apologize buddy, you said nothing wrong and only said what we were all thinking.
Prerylyon
Veteran member
I'm still looking forward to the draw results, and can't wait to get back to the rockies this summer for a scouting trip! 
A good deal of the enjoyment for me was that scouting trip last summer. We saw some incredible country and caught all kinds of trout in the Medicine Bow National Forest.
I didn't connect on an elk during the hunt, got snowed in one day, but didn't get the Tundra stuck either [emoji23] ( I know now what they mean by snotty roads-a new consistency of mud I had not yet seen ever in PA, ME, or IA-and we get some nasty mud here in IA, believe me)-its an adventure, right?
Regards,
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A good deal of the enjoyment for me was that scouting trip last summer. We saw some incredible country and caught all kinds of trout in the Medicine Bow National Forest.
I didn't connect on an elk during the hunt, got snowed in one day, but didn't get the Tundra stuck either [emoji23] ( I know now what they mean by snotty roads-a new consistency of mud I had not yet seen ever in PA, ME, or IA-and we get some nasty mud here in IA, believe me)-its an adventure, right?
Regards,
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You weren't being ugly about it. It just escalated very quickly ha.
Now I will go back to the basement where I apparently live...
RICMIC
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I guess living in your parents basement is still better than living in a micro-bus. (Check the avatar).
Joe Schmo
Member
- Jan 14, 2017
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Wait wait wait...I have 9 points and I thought 8 guaranteed a big bull and 9 guaranteed a REALLY BIG bull??!!
Prerylyon
Veteran member
Its a reality as a nonres that the tag prices are high.
All states do it.
A deer tag here in IA costs me $28.50 (plus $30 for a hunting license)
Last I heard, I think the same 'opportunity' costs a nonres $551
That being said, there are ways to keep costs lower and still get out, if that is really what you want out of it. I did the spreadsheet thing and was shocked how cheap my WY DIY hunt was last fall. Gas and the tag were my biggest costs. (Yeah, I use an old rifle, Burris scope, Danner boots, etrex GPS, low end Leuopold binos)
It was satisfying to show the wife the spreadsheet and receipts coming in lower than she ever thought!
Regards,
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All states do it.
A deer tag here in IA costs me $28.50 (plus $30 for a hunting license)
Last I heard, I think the same 'opportunity' costs a nonres $551
That being said, there are ways to keep costs lower and still get out, if that is really what you want out of it. I did the spreadsheet thing and was shocked how cheap my WY DIY hunt was last fall. Gas and the tag were my biggest costs. (Yeah, I use an old rifle, Burris scope, Danner boots, etrex GPS, low end Leuopold binos)
It was satisfying to show the wife the spreadsheet and receipts coming in lower than she ever thought!
Regards,
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Hilltop
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I killed a gob of antelope, deer and elk before I had a penny of savings. A 20 year old rifle, a box of Remington Core Lok, Cheap Walmart Hunting clothes, and a cooler full of cheap groceries... pretty cheap if a guy wants it to be. $13 per week saved covers the nonresident elk tag in Wyoming. Another 10 per week would cover everything else if a guy were car pooling from anywhere in the lower 48. I didn't get caught up on high end stuff until I could afford it- I still have never eaten an elk tag out of the 22 I have drawn.Its a reality as a nonres that the tag prices are high.
All states do it.
A deer tag here in IA costs me $28.50 (plus $30 for a hunting license)
Last I heard, I think the same 'opportunity' costs a nonres $551
That being said, there are ways to keep costs lower and still get out, if that is really what you want out of it. I did the spreadsheet thing and was shocked how cheap my WY DIY hunt was last fall. Gas and the tag were my biggest costs. (Yeah, I use an old rifle, Burris scope, Danner boots, etrex GPS, low end Leuopold binos)
It was satisfying to show the wife the spreadsheet and receipts coming in lower than she ever thought!
Regards,
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Slugz
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Interesting thread to say the least. I'll offer my perspective. At some point of my life I realized the only true thing that makes me happy is being in the woods. I wanted big mountains, big animals and the opportunity to do it every year.......so I moved and settled in Colorado.
Joe Schmo
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- Jan 14, 2017
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Hilltop
Veteran member
We have the same problem in our house. Not sure what my kill count is, but at minimum one elk has filled my freezer every year since I graduated from college.
Slugz
Veteran member
When the kids/ young adults were still home 2 a year wasn't out of the question.
You can't eat horns.��
Alaskabound2016
Active Member
Amen to that! Couldn't agree more about being the happiest in the woods! Waiting to hear back from a job out there this week which means I may finally be out there in the next month or so!!!
To say that I am absolutely ecstatic is an understatement!Wait. Your NOT supposed to eat the tag? Crap I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time