Looking for some info on how to determine what roads are public in this unit. Also wondering if anyone has experience hunting here and what your opinion on it is. I am looking at applying here as a 2nd choice for a buck tag. I am not after a trophy just looking to tag a decent buck for my 1st antelope hunt and 1st hunt outside ND. TIA for any help.
Unit 26 Wyoming antelope.
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MN_Bowhunter4
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Check with the county for public roads. I believe converse county has a GIS system on their site. From there I’d also identify the roads in question and email the county just to be sure. Never been in the unit so can’t comment on that side of things.
Topgun 30-06
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Here is the link to the public roads in Converse County right from their website. Most of unit 26 is private land and that's why the success rate on bucks is in the upper 90s. A DIY on the limited public land is doable, but not really a unit I would think about hunting unless I had private land access.
http://conversecounty.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/639
http://conversecounty.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/639
Gut Shot
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The map Topgun posted looks accurate. I've hunted the unit a few times and would say it certainly isn't a trophy unit. But given a few days you should be able to kill a buck. Expect to see other hunters. PM me if you have questions.
Ditto what Guy Shot said. Lots of oilfield traffic, I got a chip in my windshield both times I hunted it.
Topgun 30-06
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Yep, it's that simple for most counties!
MN_Bowhunter4
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There's also interactive maps too. Here is Converse Cty: https://maps.greenwoodmap.com/conve.../0&lyrs=publand,townlim,water,ownership,roads
Not seeing anything interactive for Natrona Cty at first glance.
Not seeing anything interactive for Natrona Cty at first glance.
MN_Bowhunter4
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Doesn't appear to, but you can overlay that map showing the public roads on a surface ownership map and that should do it for you.
I don't know if it's just me or is trying to figure out where to hunt antelope in Wyoming is a bit confusing. Sure not like ND where you apply for a tag and if you draw go hunt the public land. Trying to figure out where you can access public land is a chore. Thanks to all that offer assistance. Hopefully I can figure this all out and come out there and have a fun time.
MN_Bowhunter4
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It’s pretty much like that. Figure out where public road touches public land and go hunt! Do you have OnX chip?
MN_Bowhunter4
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That will help. Really anything you can draw as second choice will have access issues. Just a matter of figuring out one that’s got a few options.
JohnCushman
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Get the Garmin Basecamp program and insert your chip in your computer. You can zoom in and out and look at the area and find out what's public and private.
