Wyoming General deer tags
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HiMtnHnter
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Okie, you might think twice before you go slamming towns in WY. There's trash everywhere you go, and that's a fact.
Musket Man
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okielite
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I'm from Wyoming and I speak from first hand experience. Both of those towns are dumps, that's a fact. What did you think of the song?
In response to Boehunter, thanks to the brilliance of our forefathers and their belief in how game should be managed many of us in the the good old U.S.A. live in a land of plenty that we sometimes take for granted. While we have no elk hunting in my state just yet, nor mountain lions we have almost unlimited possibilties. For only $48 I am able to purchase 4 OTC deer tags, one buck each for archery and one for rifle, and a free doe tag with each. I also can purchase unlimited anterless tags for as little as $2 apiece, depending on the type of unit you want the tag for. I can reasonably expect to black bear hunt every three years or so depending on zone with bears going occasionally as large as 700lbs, and 300-500 fairly common. We have excellent trout streams, though admittedly not on par with Wyoming, however our Great Lakes fishery is world class fishing for salmon, steelhead and brown trout. Walleye, Muskie and panfish opportunities abound on in-land waters. Turkeys? How many tags do you want, only restriction is you can only buy one tag per day from the left over pool.
I love my visits to Wyoming to enjoy the scenic beauty (things are a little boring here in comparison) and the challenge of hunting in a far different manner than we do here. But I have been both at 9500 feet with a pack full of meat and also mired thigh deep in a tamarack swamp considering the possbility of using my gun barrel as a snorkel if things get any worse, and I am not sure which is harder, though there is more oxygen in a tamarack swamp.,
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/outdoors/hunting/2014/09/25/waupaca-county-wisconsin-huge-bear-hunt/16207813/
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In God We Trust
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I haven't hunted a general season in Wyoming yet. I am going to draw Region G this year so I will know soon enough what it is like. Here is the way I am approaching it. I am going to scout it twice, one in August and once in early September before season. I am giving myself 9 days to hunt it. I am going to pack in 3-5 miles depending on the area I decide to hunt. I am going to find some rough as hell country that horses can't get to. I am going to work harder and hunt harder then 90% of the guys in the area. If you treat it like an OTC archery or rifle elk tag here in Colorado you will do well if you out work everyone else. If you hunt like the average guy in an OTC unit here in Colorado then your experience will be less then desirable. Even though Region G takes 4-5 points to draw as others have stated there are not as many older class bucks. So be honest with yourself about expectations. If I get a crack at a 165" buck in the back country of Wyoming in a unit that only took me 5 years to draw and I have never hunted it before then I will be happy. To me that is a successful hunt. I will also have the memories of hunting one of the historical units for mule deer. Good luck on whatever you decide.
Ilovethewest
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I also hunt public land along the powder river. Stay in Gillette. Haven't had any bad experiences in town, but did have a young guy try to kick me off public land and stated that the "entire area is 100% private" and he was calling the rancher who is turning us in. I said go ahead.....we were plain as day on public land according to our blm map. He was an arse.....and was driving down a road that was supposed to be closed by the local energy company. He said he was from Gillette when we asked. Needless to say, we never saw a rancher. Spoke to a nice energy co worker and he also stated that we were on public land (which I knew anyways) and that 99% of problems he faced with people came from locals from Gillette, and that he says its common for locals to try to scare NR's off public areas. He suggested that we turn him in next time we are harassed on public lands. He used words similar to the what the song was saying about Gillette locals! But other than that incident, I have not had any problems. Wardens in the area have always been helpful and decent folks. People in the hotels and business have been friendly. Bad apples are everywhere I guess. Next time I hope to have a gps along with my bum maps.....just makes a guy feel better.
Elkoholic307
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If Wisconsin is so awesome with so many cheap tags, guaranteed tags, animals everywhere, and long hunting seasons why are you wasting you money and time hunting out west?
In God We Trust
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If I draw a Region G tag the rifle season starts September 15th. Can I archery hunt the unit before September 15th with the rifle tag? If the answer is yes then when does the archery part of the season start. I can't find any info on that in the regs.
Againstthewind
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On pg. 13 and 14 of the regs. it kindof goes through it, but I think that you have to go by the individual unit instead of the Region. So 135 would be Sept. 1 to the 30th Archery, 143-145 would be 9/1 to 9/14 archery. You do have to buy the archery tag as well to hunt during rifle season (pg. 35). That is how I read it anyway, probably should confirm it to be sure. I don't think it showed the Region like G, H, etc. because the archery season is different from unit to unit within the Region if that made any sense at all.
The archery season last year was September 1-14th. Double check the regs once the season dates have been established, but they'll probably be the same.
In God We Trust
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In God We Trust
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If time allows I'd bow hunt right up to the rifle opener, and come opening day of rifle if you haven't punched your tag you'll be hopefully sitting on one
I have had many friends here ask me the exact same question, but I have never considered the time and money spent going to Wyoming to be a waste. I have meant absolutely no disrespect for Wyoming nor it's citizens I was simply trying to respond to a question in the string about hunting opportunities in other states. I have returned from Wyoming empty handed 75% of my visits there, and still consider them the most fun hunts I have been on. I simply like the challenge of that style hunting. Here you simply sit in a tree stand and ambush them as they walk by, in some areas even over a legal bait pile. Not terribly challenging, but effective, as we consistently seem to harvest over 300,000 deer a year between gun and archery.
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I wasn't calling you out. You just painted a pretty nice picture with all the tags, different critters to chase, and was wondering why you would take time of from work, travel during your local seasons, and spend the extra cash.
Ilovethewest
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Wisconsin has great hunting if you own land, lease land, or have access to private land. If you don't.......it sucks. Public lands are over run with hunters.....and overrun in Wisconsin is 1000x worse than overrun out west. Went to a place once to try....400 acre small spot....first guy there on opening morning of gun....but as I was hiking up the hill 20 different trucks rolled up....on 400 acres. I laugh when people out west talk about "heavily hunted lands".....the heaviest hunted land in the entire state of Wyoming is like a barren wasteland compared to hunting in the southern half of Wisconsin, and the northern herd has been over harvested by too many doe tags and too many wolves and coyotes. And since I have no access to private land......I will gladly hunt "overcrowded" Wyoming public lands in "high pressure" units any day of the week!
Ilovethewest said it far better than I did. I am fortunate enough to have private land access in several counties, and if I had to choose I would gladly give up hunting here for hunting in the west. The mania that is rifle seaon here is a joke. We may have quantity, for sure the quality hunting is in the west.
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