Region H

LAST EDITED ON Mar-25-18 AT 05:24PM (MST)[p]So how was H last year? G has obviously been well covered and discussed but haven't heard anything of the neighbor to the north?

I believe if you do a search on some of the hunting websites that people who scouted and/or hunted H last year saw fewer deer, but there were still plenty of good bucks to be had. The first few days of the season were real nasty and ran a lot of people off the mountains in G and H just like it did in 2015.

G is the spot to be, H sucks...? maybe look at Utah...?
In reality G&H both have big bucks, when they are killed someone gets lucky or they did their home work and only a little luck was involved. Both units were impacted by last winter but it's not as catastrophic as some would lead you to believe.
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Jake Swensen

I hunted Region H last year, skipped the opener and started second week. I had hunted Region G twice before but with the point creep I figured I'd try something different.


I thought deer numbers were ok. Buck to doe ration where I hunted was weird. Saw 12 bucks and 10 does in one basin. Nothing big, best was maybe 150?. I think it was a combination of poor antler growth due to previous harsh winter and the yearly hunting pressure taking out the bigger racked bucks.

I had a few other areas picked out I wanted to hunt, but each location was packed with trucks and trailers at each trailhead. Spoke with one group that had just come out, they said it was a zoo with too many guys in horses every single day. That's not my cup of tea so I didn't even bother with those spots. I knew from some previous knowledge that those areas had pressure and outfitters but didn't realize just how bad it really was, even after the first week. I left for home almost a week early, which is a first for me.

So it depends what you are looking for, the deer are there for sure and it's beautiful country, but the overall experience can be lacking due to the number of people. Just my humble opinion.

>LAST EDITED ON Mar-25-18
>AT 05:24?PM (MST)
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>So how was H last year?
>G has obviously been well
>covered and discussed but haven't
>heard anything of the neighbor
>to the north?

I am in agreement . I had almost the same experience. I have hunted G twice before and had a lot better hunt than I did in H. Way to many hunters for my liking. Every trailhead we went to was like a parking lot. Horses , backpackers, goats , lamas. I felt like I was at the zoo or the county fair. Saw a few deer but there were about 15 guys in every basin looking at the same deer. Ended up settling for a 165 buck that I probably should have let grow up.

I guess we really lucked out in G in both 2015 on our horseback deer hunt and again in 2016 when I accompanied my resident buddy on his combined Shiras moose/mule deer hunt. We hunted G in 2015 starting on 9/20 a few days after the deer season opened and only saw 2 guys on horseback the 4th morning after both of us had tagged out with good bucks. The weather was perfect for us, but we heard the opening few days had been terrible weather and must have run everyone off the mountains. In 2016 we started on 10/1 and didn't see any other hunters in the 4 days it took for John to fill both tags. Maybe that year it was because we were right at the tail end of the deer season in that area and most people had given up. We stayed in a cabin in the Star Valley both years and didn't really go that deep into the mountains to the east of there either year.

Topgun, my two trips in Region G mimic your experience. I hunted in 2010 and 2013. Very few people around late in season. Some places there was no one during the week. And driving around there were a few trailheads with vehicles and horse trailers but overalll very sparse.

Region H for me last year was exact opposite. Part of it is the overlap with rifle elk in most units after September 26th, which doesn't happen in Region G. The elk hunts in Region G units are after the deer hunts end. Some guys have both tags, and outfitters hunt areas that hold both deer and elk although they may be at different elevations.