Recent content by Wyobound

I think this is a great suggestion. I am not much of an elk hunter, and its not obvious that elk move so much. I hunt antelope and deer in WY, and their movement mirrors water availability in a dry year, but otherwise they are mostly, within a couple three miles, where you last saw them unless...

Actually, that idea is eye opening. My asset is time on my hands. I can scout all this summer and fall, and next summer, and then go to WY and stay until I get an elk or the season ends. And there is no doubt that hitting the first day or so of a season is the easiest.

You've got me thinking that may be a good option. Getting older is about losing options. I'm not the athlete I was 10 years ago. Perhaps instead of a 5x5 or 4x4, a spike will suffice. Any elk is better than no elk. When I go to Canada, my Cree guides would say, if you can't shoot a moose...

Thanks. I think that's great advice. I have a young man, 28, that I just agreed to let hunt a farm I own for whitetail, and he'd fall over himself to have me take him hunt Wyoming.

Reality is what I need to hear. The reason I'm on this site, with this question, is that I have largely come to the same conclusion. I have never studies the general licenses and know that some areas are in and some are out. I need to study the areas that are in, pick one or two, and scout...

I hear you brother. I had my left hip replaced in December because the pain was so awful I couldn't walk or even sit down, let alone sleep. I've realized time is just about up for any dream of an elk. I've done my homework and relationship building over the years so that I have private land...

This is my concern. I can't say I know how bad point creep is. This is why I'm looking for options like going to CO or another state with a muzzle loader and just roll the dice in WY on a 5 pp hunt. Its hell to get old and realize you are just out of time. 10 years ago I was young. Not so...

I have 5 PP now and will have 6 going into next year. I've looked at 25 because its a fairly bunny hill hunt compared to the double black diamonds that many areas have. 33 isn't bad either for terrain.

That's why I wrote that my goal is for the next three years.

WGF reports that the elk are in the lower 2/3 of the area, and that there is a permanent herd. Recognizing that I am not an elk hunter, I have no idea if they would be there during hunting season. I intend to go our this summer and scout, and take time to go again at the beginning of the rifle...

I did do searches, but I can't say it answered my questions about area 25 and 33 in an A/B comparison, or where to go with zero point for muzzle loading season in CO with zero points. The search function pulls up everything with the number 25, or elk when I search for wyoming elk area 25.

I appreciate that, but as I tried to make clear, I'm not 25, I don't have 10 years to build more preference points, and I am a DIY hunter. I have read threads suggesting getting an outfitter and going to the areas outside Yellowstone. I was specifically seeing if there was someone with...

Thanks for the recommendation about a general tag. I guess that still leaves the question about where to hunt with a chance of nagging a bull before I'm too old to do it. Any thoughts? I'm trying to avoid double black diamonds with griz since I hunt by myself. The thought of laying my rifle...

I'm 65, have 5 preference points and will have 6 going into the 2022 application period. I'm in good shape, for my age, after having a hip replacement that let me do the work needed to get my conditioning back. I was still powerlifting in competition, national champion 10 years ago, so hard...