I live, hunt and fish here in Washington, on the dry side of the Cascades. But... almost 20 years ago I started making trips to Wyoming every-other-year for hunting... My goodness, that state has treated me well over the years! One year it was a backcountry elk hunt in the Wind River Mountains, nine days, horseback trip in there, set up and lived in a big ol' wall tent with a wood stove. Hunt of a lifetime!
Since then it's been trips for mule deer and sometimes pronghorn antelope too, to various parts of Wyoming. If you haven't hunted "out west" before consider Wyoming. I'll toss in a few photos:
This year's buck, taken at 355 yards, one 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip from my 25-06 rifle:
This years antelope, taken at 250 yards or so, 165 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip from my 30-06 rifle. The rifles are near twins, both Rem 700 CDL's with 6x Leupolds:
Buddy of mine packing out a mule deer buck he took in the mountains near Yellowstone Park. We were three miles from the trailhead, so we boned out the buck, stuffed the meat in our packs and hiked out. Kept ourselves looking around 'cause we'd seen mama & cub grizzly tracks on the same trail we were using!
Nearly 20 years ago, with the 6x6 bull. One shot from the 7mm Rem mag, with a handloaded 175 gr Nosler Partition did the trick at about 180 yards. Great hunt!
I do love my Wyoming hunts. Planning to return in 2020, likely for mule deer & antelope. Anyone else hunt Wyoming? It's a 900 mile drive for me, and I usually take my time getting there, camping and fly-fishing along the way.
Plenty more Wyoming photos to share. Feel free to share your own Wyoming hunting & fishing stories & photos. Great place for a sportsman!
Regards, Guy
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