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Let’s say you have 5-7 days to hunt in any location in any state, when are you picking? Sitting wallows in the early season heat, chasing bugles in later September, glassing up some late season survivors, etc. Why do you prefer that time vs any other time?

Appreciate your experience. I think I’m just so used to hunting deer in small eastern wood lots where blowing deer out first thing in the morning can really impact how the morning hunt goes that I just figure being stealthy is a requirement. But, out west when you are just trying to get to a...

Appreciate the responses everyone. As some of you could tell, this will be my first hunt in bear country so just want to make sure I’m as knowledgeable as possible, and like I mentioned, I couldn’t really find any info on whether or not hunt plans are impacted at all in the vicinity of bears...

Quick question for those who have lived/ hunted in grizz country. I know the basic rules for coexisting with bears as far as food storage, game cleaning, general awareness, etc. However, one thing I haven’t seen discussed is how to balance early morning/late evening hiking to glassing points and...

Excited to see I also drew General this year. Thankful I’ve been in prep mode for awhile now because the season will be here before I know it.

Haha, you are absolutely right. Think I fat fingered it twice in my post. I did get the 4x5 written the first time though haha.

Alright, it’s time for the obligatory post-hunt recap. WARNING: it’s a pretty short hunting story. First, I want to thank the contributors to this thread as well as the people who PM’d me and were willing to discuss their experience in the unit and provide some general deer tips to a novice...

Appreciate the advise. I put a few back now and then but not planning on taking anything with me this go around. Being limited to hanging out at/sleeping in my vehicle doesn’t really sound like my kind of party haha. Definitely something to keep in mind for future hunts that I hope I can share...

Thanks for the tip. You’re right, I’ll be coming from about 2,000 ft elevation so it’ll be a bit of an adjustment but I don’t anticipate struggling too much with it. I was out in SW CO for a mule deer hunt back in 2020 and most of our hunting was right in the 6,500 - 7,500 ft range if I recall...

Good tips. That’s another nice thing about driving out on Friday and through the weekend…hopefully avoid construction work, rush hour, etc. I think the drive out will definitely be easier than the drive back since I’ll spend half my time daydreaming about the hunt. I’ll definitely need to try...

Good call, I’ll definitely have to remember that. I’ve never listened to too many podcasts but this would definitely be a good opportunity to check them out.

Thank you! Sounds like you had a good trip even if you both didn’t fill tags. That sounds like exactly what I’m looking/hoping for with this hunt…the ability to see some animals and hopefully connect with a good buck.

My excitement is at an all time high and getting higher every day. 4pm Thursday I’ll be hitting the road West solo. 5 hours on the road should put me at my sister and BILs place where I’ll spend the night before getting up early and continuing the trek. Looks like about a 25 hour drive total...

Interesting. I’ll have to search through it a bit and see if I can find any related info.

Yep,agreed.

Got it. Thanks for the info. That was just something I was curious about since I had never heard of any kind of organization or anything like that.

Sure, I think the just of your explanation makes sense. However, you didn’t indicate if there is any kind of industry governance body tasked with ensuring consistency among makers. Not that I believe there should be. But takes new vehicles as an example. Maker A says their new truck gets 25 mpg...

Thanks for the response. I could be misinterpreting, but it sounds like you were discussing the concept of magnification and how a slight difference may exists at very low levels. However, my question was around magnification across different makers and even products. How do I know that a...

I looked around but couldn’t find anything regarding whether there is any kind of industry standard, etc. regarding optical magnification. In theory 10x, 20-60x, etc would be the same for every bino and spotting scope. But is that actually the case? Might one maker actually put out products that...

I am unsure if this is getting too detailed, but am curious if elevation plays much of a role in a deer’s day to day? Across the entire unit there’s only a couple thousand feet of difference, so my assumption is that weather doesn’t really push them down like you may see in more mountainous...

Good to know. That’s fine by me if that holds true for this year. But, if there’s some crazy off-pattern weather, I’ll at least be able to make good use of the hiking legs I’ve been working on haha.

Appreciate the insight. I’m planning on just parking a bit further away from the spots I plan to check out if the weather turns bad or starts to look iffy. No use in ruining the hunt by getting stuck in a drift, mud pit, or some craziness.

Good to know. Would be a bummer if I couldn’t get within miles of the areas I plan to hunt with my vehicle, let alone on my own two feet. But, if for some reason weather keeps me out, guess I probably won’t be the only one.

Appreciate the advice. It sounds like hunting the last week is the way to go if you don’t have a specific buck pretty locked down early in the season. Does anyone know how well the main roads are taken care of out that way? I’d assume that after snowfall the paved roads get cleared but the...

All sage advice. Any idea what the next mega millions winning combo will be? I’d take the answer to that one any day.

Haha. I’m digging your enthusiasm! I noticed you didn’t mention anything about my wife leaving and taking my 1.5 yr old away from me for just telling her I’m going whenever I want and she better just nut up haha. But yeah, the more I hear and think about it, I think the last week is definitely...

I was initially hoping to hit the last week of the season thinking that the deer may be on the move in daylight a bit more than the earlier parts of October, but it looks like between my wife’s and my work schedules that not possible. So I was planning on mid month instead but recently figured...

Where can I order one of those? Don’t know about anyone else but if I see some 3x genetics like that out in 90, that’s fine by me. Stepping past the potential for low flying aircraft, can anyone recommend any general tips for a sage country hunt in early October that I may not be thinking...

Wow, that’s crazy. I’ll definitely have to keep that in the back of my head when I’m out there.

Thanks for the info. Due to my work schedule it’s beginning to look like I’ll be out there early in the season. Don’t know whether I should hope for nice weather so I can have a more enjoyable time camping out or inclement weather to maybe get the deer up and moving a bit more than they may...

I feel fortunate to have drawn a 90-1 deer tag this year and have been spending a considerable amount of time planning and e-scouting. I recognize many people think this unit has gone downhill, but then again, what units haven’t been struggling in WY. Anyway, I’m still super excited to get to...