Where in Wyoming......

[cloverleaf]

Dad called last week and said "son if we are gonna go Antelope hunting again, we better get on with it. You arent gettting any younger...... :shock: :grin: " Ive been on a hunt for disabled hunters around Douglas. That was wonderful, fantastic, guided, provided etc. This time we are gonna have to go it alone and I dont even know where to start. There's a good bit of public land out there, but can you get at it? And where's the best place to find out whats available? To be honest the App. process in Wyo. has scared me off too. We have always gone in SD but I think Dad wants a big one. So we will head for Wyo. I think. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. I'll take care of getting it past the "manager" if you guys can help with some details she'll be easier to convince. Thanks CL

 

[Scott Spencer]

CL - I know that a lot of the eastern land is private but most of the ranchers probably offer trespass fee hunts for the antelope. Pop might be the one to PM about WY since he lives and hunts it.

I'm hoping my son and I draw next year for a decent unit. It will be a graduation gift for my son.

 

[R Flowers]

Well, since you have been to Douglas before, why not go back? The tags are pretty easy to draw there. A lot of the land is posted, but most ranchers will let you hunt for a reasonable tresspass fee.

We hunted north of Douglas a few years back on our own and the tresspass fee was something like $200. We got good bucks, but nothing outstanding. We did have a good time, though. We stayed in a trailer in an RV park in Douglas.

The State of Wyoming will send you a list of all the landowners and how many acres they own, etc. You can call them from that list and find a place to hunt.

If you want a really big buck, I did better down near Rawlins. However, the tags are harder to draw, and I hunted with an outfitter. He was even reasonable compared to antelope hunts I am going on in New Mexico nowdays. We migrated to New Mexico because we hunt with a landowner and he gets landowner tags, no draw involved.

Actually, my boss used to hunt on some land between Rawlins and Casper on his own, just paying access fees and he got some darned nice bucks.

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Clover, Antelope hunting in Wyoming has been a little tough the last couple of years. Blue Tongue pretty much whipped out the Medicine Bow heard a few years back, and I understand it hit other parts of the state as well. I've had a tough time drawing a non-resident buck tag the last few year, but some doe tags were still easy to come by.

There used to be something called the Safari club along much of the rail lines, where you could buy tresspass permit that would cover large tracts of the checkerboard along the rail lines. Back in the day they were about $40.00, but I have no idea how that may have changed.

 

[Elkman]

cloverleaf

Never hunted Antelope in Wyoming but have worked there in and around Casper. As r flowers has said I saw some good bucks north and east of the town. There is also a pretty good amount of federal land there also. One of the guys that I worked with had a goal of shooting one in the city limits with a bow. There were a lot around at that time. That was 03.

 

[CAhunter]

Clover My suggestion would be this. There are many good areas that can be drawn with 0 points in the "special" draw or 1 point in the regular. Take a look at the draw odds and harvest odds on the WY F&G website. Deadline is March 15th so Id get on it quickly. Like stated much of the eastern part has lots of leftover tags but also lots of private. A unit that Id look at is unit 47. Great bucks come from that unit with a little leg work.

 

[Jay]

A buddy and I hunted WY. this year around Farson and Rock Springs. Lots of public land, we saw a few bucks lots of doe antelope. Doe tags are easy, but I think buck tags may be a mite hard to get. You should start while your on the young side of old, good luck.

 

[Kodiak]

We have applied on-line for the 2011 drawing. I spoke with a F&G person in the area we selected and he said on the avg., goat numbers are down. The rancher I stay with says he hasn't seen an antelope all winter. Doesn't hold me back, though. I have a goat-point, that should get me a tag and with some hard hunting, I may have some back-strap. Looking forward to the hunt.