shirley mountains wyoming

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driftersifter

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Anyone ever played in that part of the country? I was thinking of spending some time exploring those mountains in search of muleys and was wondering how steep and rough the country is. I was also curious to the extent of public land in that area. Thanks for you input.
Michael
 
I have spent many years in this country, working for the BLM, camping, cave dwelling,and fishing at the Mile. However, I will tell you this, there is some public ground, but mostly the Q Creek Ranch tends to run the show around them there parts! It is excellent antelope country, but you would honestly be wasting your time for deer up there. The camp ground up there is sourrounded by a buck and pole fence that I built, and in the time it took me and my partner to build that fence we had the opportunity to do some scouting for muleys up there to hopefully find a place where the crowds would not be from the usual out where I would have typically hunted. Needless to say, we found squat for deer! If you are going to hunt muleys up there you should consider paying the Q Creek because they have got some fair deer on there property but the public ground stinks! If you still want to go up there, the terrain is pretty easy going, not super steep or rough, there are parts that can be steep, but for the most part pretty gradual. Very few roads, and not alot of country to hunt, it is a small chain of hills. All that aside, it is some awesome country, long ways from the crowds, elk season tends to get hit pretty hard, it is limited entry for elk, but usually quite a few cow elk hunters hanging around the campground.
 
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Hey Big muley
Thanks for the response. How was the fishing on the mile? I was looking at the wyoming gazetteer and that showed there to be a little public land around the mountains. I felt there was a couple of spots that appeared to be fairly roadless. Is access blocked by the Ranch? I'm a hiker not a road hunter and the area to the west and south was particularly interesting.
I was also curious on how hard it is to build the type of fence you described as I own a few livestock and am considering building a small stretch of fence like that around my house.
I like fishing almost as much as hunting and was wondering what to expect for fishing the mile at that time of the year.
I sure appreciate your honest response, good luck on your upcoming draws.
Michael
 
I have fished on the mile many times, mainly later in the summer because less crowds tend to swarm the mile around september and later. The fishing is almost always good at the mile and big fish at that. The only time I would not recommend fishing the mile is during the spring run-off.

There is plenty of public ground on the shirleys, it is just that the big deer too know the boundaries and will hang out on the "Q", but all in all there is plenty of ground! Access is not in any way blocked by the Q but the area is fairly roadless and other than the main loop road I can't think of maybe two or three other roads on the entire mountain, now out in the flats is a different story, there are hundreds of roads.

Basically as far as the fence is concerned it is easier and more appealing than a barb wired fence, in my opinion. Basically we would build two bucks, put a cross brace on the back side and then run three poles on about 16' or 20' centers for the braces, using spikes to hold the poles! There is much more material requirements for this type of fence but it looks nicer and is much more strong than a wire fence. Man I miss working for the BLM!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hey Bigmuley,
Thanks for the information. I sure appreciate the stuff about the fishing and I like the fall period as well the crowds can sure put the fish down. I plan on going on a scout as I'm from wisconsin and will be doing a little scout and fish. I love those summer scouts and looking for velvet racks.
Thanks again.
Michael
 

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