BluegrassBilly
Active member
Am making long-term plans to try for my first western hunt in 2019 and trying to talk some friends into it. I'm not looking to accumulate points anywhere for a variety of reasons. Nor am I an antler hunter - can't eat 'em, can't hang 'em (not the wife's style).
Wyoming seems to be a good option for me, and when looking for units, I found a promising one where Cow Elk, Antelope (types 1 and 6), and a general deer tag overlap. Add a bird/small game license, and I'm looking at a veritable mixed-bag safari for $460 in fees. If my friends want horns, they'll need to pony up for type 1 antelope tags, buy a deer point this year, and get really lucky on elk.
My main question is: are the antelope, cow elk, and deer (and maybe turkey and grouse) going to be occupying the same habitats? The area I'm looking in particular features a low mesa riddled with tree-lined canyons and washes with difficult, but not impossible, public access. Do whitetails and mule deer occupy different terrain?
Randy often recommends starting on antelope, but they seem to be a fairly easy hunt, and I'd hate to spend the time and effort to be done with a week-long hunt in one or two days.
Is this a fool's plan? Would two out of three be a better plan? If so, which two?
Wyoming seems to be a good option for me, and when looking for units, I found a promising one where Cow Elk, Antelope (types 1 and 6), and a general deer tag overlap. Add a bird/small game license, and I'm looking at a veritable mixed-bag safari for $460 in fees. If my friends want horns, they'll need to pony up for type 1 antelope tags, buy a deer point this year, and get really lucky on elk.
My main question is: are the antelope, cow elk, and deer (and maybe turkey and grouse) going to be occupying the same habitats? The area I'm looking in particular features a low mesa riddled with tree-lined canyons and washes with difficult, but not impossible, public access. Do whitetails and mule deer occupy different terrain?
Randy often recommends starting on antelope, but they seem to be a fairly easy hunt, and I'd hate to spend the time and effort to be done with a week-long hunt in one or two days.
Is this a fool's plan? Would two out of three be a better plan? If so, which two?