One Shot Dying?

[elks96]

This year the one shot hunt came and went here in Lander. It was hardly advertised. There was no local media coverage with any depth. To my knowledge, they held one brief radio blurb and that was all. In our local news, there were no articles locally other than a single notice of a closure in sinks for the group.

The comments on that local announcement were not overly favorable. Despite my attempts to contact the hunt. There was no public list of the participants. No list of participants on the web page to be found, etc.

This here is the only article I have found.

Nevada Team Took Team Win at 80th One Shot Hunt

The team of hunters from the State of Nevada scored three kills, the only team to do so, and came away as the champions of the 2024 and 84th annual

www.wyotoday.com

I hope someday we can change this hunt and have the tags back into the hands of the public. Or at the very least have the tags available for bid by different nonprofits and have the tags actually raise money for conservation efforts here for our benefit!

They kept it hush hush this year…

 

[jm77]

Guess the Wyoming team choked pretty good. Who would have thought?

The One Shot will hide in the basement as long as they get the tags for the past shooters. Disgusting...

 

[elks96]

Guess the Wyoming team choked pretty good. Who would have thought?

The One Shot will hide in the basement as long as they get the tags for the past shooters. Disgusting...

The interesting thing. When I first moved here the One Shot was a big deal lots of people in town talk about. You hear discussions at the bar, in restaurants, etc. at that time is was a mix of grumbles from those that spoke against and many who still believed it was such a good thing for town. For the last several years they have toned down the publicity. This year we did not see any banners, no welcome one shot hunters, etc. they did not advertise the list of teams etc.

I truly feel like the tide even in Lander has turned. That since the bad winter and the draw odds are getting worse, people are seeing the negative aspects and as such they are “hiding in the basement”.

 

[DESKPOP]

The interesting thing. When I first moved here the One Shot was a big deal lots of people in town talk about. You hear discussions at the bar, in restaurants, etc. at that time is was a mix of grumbles from those that spoke against and many who still believed it was such a good thing for town. For the last several years they have toned down the publicity. This year we did not see any banners, no welcome one shot hunters, etc. they did not advertise the list of teams etc.

I truly feel like the tide even in Lander has turned. That since the bad winter and the draw odds are getting worse, people are seeing the negative aspects and as such they are “hiding in the basement”.

I saw a few guys around town with the leather patch on their lanyards. They looked like the typical one shot competitors you see every year. Just another welfare tag program for the well healed and influential. Hopefully they do away with it.

 

[elks96]

I saw a few guys around town with the leather patch on their lanyards. They looked like the typical one shot competitors you see every year. Just another welfare tag program for the well healed and influential. Hopefully they do away with it.

We never even crossed paths with one… would
You agree the tide has shifted locally on the hunt?

 

[mulecreek]

Guess the Wyoming team choked pretty good. Who would have thought?

The One Shot will hide in the basement as long as they get the tags for the past shooters. Disgusting...

Should have given Gordons tag to Hageman. She knows how to get sh!t done.

 

[nfh]

This looks good when Brian dip$hit is on the wyo team.

Good hell.

 

[elks96]

This looks good when Brian dip$hit is on the wyo team.

Good hell.

Haha. I noticed that as well.

 

[Bookhead]

So the competition is to see who can kill all their goats the fastest? Classy

 

[mulecreek]

This looks good when Brian dip$hit is on the wyo team.

Good hell.

World's sh!ttiest Golden Parachute.

 

[mulecreek]

So the competition is to see who can kill all their goats the fastest? Classy

The One Shot is dripping with class. But where else is the Gov going to be able to rub elbows with former Div II football players and current used car salesmen.

 

[nfh]

Its my goal to start a one shot elk hunt. late season tags. Get to hunt in hard to draw areas. Which means we take tags from the public.

on top of it our profits will pay for nice dinners, any gear we need. Still looking for entertainment. having people dance like Indians in dresses is not my style.

Whatever profits we have left we will do a little water project to please the public. who is in???????????????

 

[elks96]

So the competition is to see who can kill all their goats the fastest? Classy

Yep and with only one shot. If you miss you are shamed and until pretty recent if you missed you were forced to dress up like a Squaw.

 

[nfh]

Remember the task force? I brought this issue up in a local meeting. 99 percent of the public members had no idea what i was discussing. The worthless task force members didnt give a chit about what i had to say. Locals are shocked when i dont vote for Lee Livingtson in our county. He was a selfish county commissioner, well pretty much any commissioner we have is a joke

 

[elks96]

Remember the task force? I brought this issue up in a local meeting. 99 percent of the public members had no idea what i was discussing. The worthless task force members didnt give a chit about what i had to say. Locals are shocked when i dont vote for Lee Livingtson in our county. He was a selfish county commissioner, well pretty much any commissioner we have is a joke

Yes as people learn about the hunt more and more are not in support of it. The only arguments I get back are... 80 tags not that much. Then I get the well the rich people spend so much money in Lander. Sorry but what they spend is not that important.

I love how everyone tells me I am just jealous... Truth is I likely wouldn't hunt those units at all but 80 tags is a chunk and overtime that is a massive number of tags taken from the public.

 

[Chesterwyo]

The one shot is becoming like Bohemian Grove.

 

[MrShane]

Yes as people learn about the hunt more and more are not in support of it. The only arguments I get back are... 80 tags not that much. Then I get the well the rich people spend so much money in Lander. Sorry but what they spend is not that important.

I love how everyone tells me I am just jealous... Truth is I likely wouldn't hunt those units at all but 80 tags is a chunk and overtime that is a massive number of tags taken from the public.

You should come down to the Utah Expo if you want to see theivery of public tags.
Over 500 of our General Draw tags are stolen from us and put in a special draw.

 

[elks96]

You should come down to the Utah Expo if you want to see theivery of public tags.
Over 500 of our General Draw tags are stolen from us and put in a special draw.

No thanks. I am pissed enough about 80

 

[mulecreek]

The one shot is becoming like Bohemian Grove.

Wonder which team Alex Jones was on this year.

 

[bullitt19]

Back in the 70's my Dad and ai won the 1 shot hunt with 2 1 shots in less than 5 minutes per the observers. We were from Knasas City and only got 1 bid on our Team!
Joe Highsmith the Mayor of Shoshoni was the winning bidder.

 

[Bookhead]

Back in the 70's my Dad and ai won the 1 shot hunt with 2 1 shots in less than 5 minutes per the observers. We were from Knasas City and only got 1 bid on our Team!
Joe Highsmith the Mayor of Shoshoni was the winning bidder.

I guess I don't get what the big deal about shooting antelope quick is. I could shoot about 30 in 15 minutes in some spots. To me that's not what hunting is about

 

[DESKPOP]

We never even crossed paths with one… would
You agree the tide has shifted locally on the hunt?

Yes, there was not nearly as many people as there were a few years ago in the Lander Bar the night before the hunt. Granted I am not in Lander every year for the opener but I have been there a few out of the last 10 years.

Ran into this guy in unit 66 a few years ago, nice guy, I would imagine he is there every year.

Ken Chlouber | Lake County Sports Hall of Fame

 

[elks96]

Yes, there was not nearly as many people as there were a few years ago in the Lander Bar the night before the hunt. Granted I am not in Lander every year for the opener but I have been there a few out of the last 10 years.

Ran into this guy in unit 66 a few years ago, nice guy, I would imagine he is there every year.

Ken Chlouber | Lake County Sports Hall of Fame

I am willing to bet there are a lot of good guys. Infact the one person I know the best is someone I highly respect and as a kid looked up to as a mentor. I don’t blame him for attending, especially when they promoted the hunt. I sent him a message the week before the hunt and encouraged him to reconsider or at least think about what the hunt means to resident hunters. I have done that with a couple people I have crossed paths with, including the former CPW commissioner. I am curious if that is the reason why they did not advertise the teams ahead of time?

I don’t blame the hunters, I blame the hunt in this case.

Also as many have mentioned not much of hunt if all you are trying to do is kill the first lope you can as fast as you can.