We've started to have deer move through in the last week or so with the migration south getting going. We've mostly seen does and fawns (and i'd say about 1:1 does:fawns) so far. A few small bucks here and there but we don't usually see the bucks really start rolling through until a few weeks...
Here are a couple (pre-season) articles on the subject:
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/News/Hunters-2023-Wyoming-hunt-forecast-available
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/01/hundreds-of-wyoming-hunters-turn-in-tags-to-save-devastated-deer-herds/
Don't have first-hand backcountry info but by all...
Had 2 goals for ice fishing this season: get some kokanee through the ice and get our 2 year-old her first fish. 1st time out xmas day got the kokanee and just missed the second goal..
Congrats! I'm glad I at least put up a fight this year but fizzled a bit in the playoffs. I don't think it would've mattered anyway, but I am real confused with how the head-to-head tiebreaker works.. The last week of the regular season I won and thought I was going to move up a spot in the...
Thanks for the info guys! Just now saw this.. thought I would get a notification when responses were made but apparently not.. Regardless he did end up taking them his elk and is expecting it back in a couple months, looking forward to seeing it!
I have a buddy near Eagle who got a nice elk this weekend and is looking to get a shoulder mount. Anybody have any experience with Action Taxidermy in Gypsum? Any recommendations would be welcome.
Thanks!
I use a Humminbird but not the Helix 9 or 10. Check out iceshanty.com if you haven't already and search/post your question there, i'm sure somebody there will have used that set-up.
I'm in for next year for sure. I was hoping to salvage a .500 season in the consolation playoffs but it wasn't too be..
Great season duck-slayer, congrats!
If you're real motivated to get one, go west.. Last night driving home from looking for antelope we saw about 30 along the dirt road in a 2-300 yard stretch.
We've seen them all over sage brush areas. Fairly limited experience, but in our year and a half of seeing them (we've seen maybe 30-40...