beerandpork
New member
Hey everybody. I'm going to Wyoming for my first elk hunt this fall and so I've been reading a ton and listening to podcasts (and that's how I found this forum). Sorry in advance for my first post being a "help me!" post, but I'm a newbie so I don't have alot of knowledge to share yet
I drew a cow tag in unit 98 and I'm not planning on hiring an outfitter, so wilderness areas are a no-go. From what I can tell from older threads (1, 2, 3, 4) it's not going to be an easy hunt, but I wanted to see if anybody could help me out with a high-level question of where I should focus my efforts:
- The area west of Big Sandy seems to have the most non-wilderness national forest land.
- I'm planning on arriving late on Sept 18, scouting all day on the 19th, and then hunting up until the 25th if necessary.
Is focusing on that NF land a good idea, given the time of the season and that I've got a cow tag? Or should I be thinking about spending more time in the BLM land on the lower elevation sage flats?
I drew a cow tag in unit 98 and I'm not planning on hiring an outfitter, so wilderness areas are a no-go. From what I can tell from older threads (1, 2, 3, 4) it's not going to be an easy hunt, but I wanted to see if anybody could help me out with a high-level question of where I should focus my efforts:
- The area west of Big Sandy seems to have the most non-wilderness national forest land.
- I'm planning on arriving late on Sept 18, scouting all day on the 19th, and then hunting up until the 25th if necessary.
Is focusing on that NF land a good idea, given the time of the season and that I've got a cow tag? Or should I be thinking about spending more time in the BLM land on the lower elevation sage flats?