First hunt of the year in the books.
I put in for and easier-to-draw antelope tag on a whim back in the summer after not getting a couple of tags I though I would draw.
I had never been to the area before but it looked like a beautiful place to do a camping trip and hope to find an OK buck.
It became apparent why the tag was easy to draw when I had to do a big loop around some private then take a pretty sketchy mountain road to get access to "antelope" country (fortunately it was dry so the road was passable).
Found this buck the first afternoon I was there but passed on him while I looked over the country. Quite a few antelope around - saw 30-40 bucks the first afternoon. Second morning looked over 10-15 new bucks but still hadn't seen anything bigger than the one I found on the first afternoon so I slowed headed that direction. He was out in the open by himself when I spotted him again. With a chance of showers in the forecast I didn't want to risk still being in that area if it got wet so I decided to give him a go.
Hunting in WY never disappoints (I came home and looked on Zillow to see what real estate prices are like in that area).
Happy hunting to everyone this year.
I put in for and easier-to-draw antelope tag on a whim back in the summer after not getting a couple of tags I though I would draw.
I had never been to the area before but it looked like a beautiful place to do a camping trip and hope to find an OK buck.
It became apparent why the tag was easy to draw when I had to do a big loop around some private then take a pretty sketchy mountain road to get access to "antelope" country (fortunately it was dry so the road was passable).
Found this buck the first afternoon I was there but passed on him while I looked over the country. Quite a few antelope around - saw 30-40 bucks the first afternoon. Second morning looked over 10-15 new bucks but still hadn't seen anything bigger than the one I found on the first afternoon so I slowed headed that direction. He was out in the open by himself when I spotted him again. With a chance of showers in the forecast I didn't want to risk still being in that area if it got wet so I decided to give him a go.
Hunting in WY never disappoints (I came home and looked on Zillow to see what real estate prices are like in that area).
Happy hunting to everyone this year.
