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I'm sure some will disagree with me on my opinion of Wyoming's unit 90 deer unit but some nonresidents may find this beneficial before applying. You have probably heard that it is a 90% success unit with the average hunt lasting around 3 days but this unit is way overrated for 15 points. We did our research, talked to the game warden and wildlife biologist and hunted all the areas we were told to go. There are very few deer here. The biologist said deer numbers in this unit have been declining ever since the 1980's and told us not to get our hopes up. This is more like hunting a general unit except without the hunting pressure. I have never been so disappointed or discouraged on a hunt.
We hunted the final two weeks of season and even had snow but it was very hard to find deer. We only saw a few deer in our 13 days and most of those were just does we saw at night between mile markers 12 and 14 on the Gas Hills Road east of Riverton. Most days we didn't even see anything.
We mostly glassed and walked tens of thousands of acres but you will only see thousands of antelope and hundreds of wild horses. We saw as many coyotes as bucks. The warden said most people just drive around (which he said makes it easy to check on people) and a local resident out hunting confirmed that the best way to find them is drive around with your ATV covering every trail you can, make lots of noise and scare stuff up. I can now see why.
This is maybe a 2 point unit at best but only because there was very limited pressure with about 75 tags. If you have 15 points to burn, either have a buck found or go elsewhere. We only saw a few other hunters which makes me wonder if everyone kills deer early when it is hot.
If the guy from Indiana or the ones from Washington happen to read this, send me a PM and let me know if your experience was the same.
We hunted the final two weeks of season and even had snow but it was very hard to find deer. We only saw a few deer in our 13 days and most of those were just does we saw at night between mile markers 12 and 14 on the Gas Hills Road east of Riverton. Most days we didn't even see anything.
We mostly glassed and walked tens of thousands of acres but you will only see thousands of antelope and hundreds of wild horses. We saw as many coyotes as bucks. The warden said most people just drive around (which he said makes it easy to check on people) and a local resident out hunting confirmed that the best way to find them is drive around with your ATV covering every trail you can, make lots of noise and scare stuff up. I can now see why.
This is maybe a 2 point unit at best but only because there was very limited pressure with about 75 tags. If you have 15 points to burn, either have a buck found or go elsewhere. We only saw a few other hunters which makes me wonder if everyone kills deer early when it is hot.
If the guy from Indiana or the ones from Washington happen to read this, send me a PM and let me know if your experience was the same.