Very true - that would take a LOT of discipline and control, especially with a skillset like his. But it doesn't make the airplane story any less baffling. That story, if true, is a red flag for anger issues. And I hope he gets help if he needs it.
Wyoming Wildlife Federation (or your state's equivalent) is a good place to start. They do awesome work for our state. The Western Bear Foundation does good work in support of bear conservation and management out of Cody, Wyoming.
Depending where you live, I would also do some research into...
Nonresidents pay more for a legal elk license than some of these clowns paid in fines for poaching elk. Privileges need to be revoked for this kind of behavior.
Sadly, this is the case in many other states too.
I recently spoke with some horse folks here in central Wyoming who had issues with people destroying cairns that marked a trail moving across a high, windswept plateau. Late season, during general rifle, near-whiteout conditions make the trail impossible to follow without these large (~5 ft+)...
In a lot of places they cut back this year, due to winter-kill. The units by me in Lander cut quite a few. But in general, I think they have more or less stayed the same and WGFD will bump them back up after a herd comes back from a bad winter.
Any wilderness areas in western MT will have them, except perhaps the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness - that's rocky, mountainous terrain with low deer density and almost all mulies in my experience. I wouldn't bother there.
FWP has a "Hunt Planner Map" where you can toggle layers of land...
In my experience they hit burns when the grass is greening up, but with less fidelity than a deer or elk might. I've made the mistake to hunt burns from the prior year that were too hot (scorched topsoil), and these burns didn't produce a good grass crop until a year or two after that first...
The gobbling just recently picked up in SW Colorado where I'm at. We got into a mess of birds this weekend around 7,500'-8,000' in the ponderosa/oak. Similar to LuketheDog, we were staked out on a piece of public near some productive private, with our nearby spots being loaded up with hunters...
RWC there's a decent chance I'll be moving to Laramie as well. I loved hunting small game and grouse during my first stint in Wyoming, so if you're looking for a hunting partner just let me know. You can find cottontails pretty easily once you dial them in.
Focus on food. Can't emphasize that enough. Figure out what they're feeding on, find sources of food away from roads/trails, and pound the glass. Best way for the food bit is a combination of scouting, talking to CPW biologists, and (my favorite) read academic papers on google scholar. You can...
I know a guy who had success in the OTC whitetail hunt in Colorado also...not an easy hunt by any means, but better than staying home. I haven't hunted the OTC whitetail stuff there myself. PM me and I can give some more info.
Go to the WY hunt planner, choose the general unit, and look at draw odds. The only ones that aren't working right now are regions that are newly delineated for this year (they split Region E into L and Q, I think).
Yep, I'm just curious if they'd share that information, or if it stays within the agency.... wllm1313, thanks for the insight. I want to hump in a few miles anyways, so hopefully it'll work out. Thanks!
Hello everyone. I've been loving this site for a long time, but have only recently started to post and contribute like a decent human being. I have a question that I am hoping others can shed some light on.
In the past, I've hunted bear in Montana and Oregon. In both states, I never had to...
Not sure where you live, but if you're too far for casual weekend scouting then I'd look into the NRCS SNOTEL sites...there are a lot of them in NW Montana at mid- to high-elevations, and they collect daily temperature, snow depth, and other stuff...it can be helpful in determining what...
Amen, gouch. My first deer was a blacktail, and it was a really fun hunt. Even though I no longer live in OR I remember those hunts fondly. Just gotta move often enough so that you don't get moss or fungus growing on ya.