Post them up

[nfh]

It's time to derail some of these other threads with all the R vs NR and such and have a post them up like they do on some other forums

So how has wyoming treated you with the big 5?

Moose, goat, sheep, bison and griz? Post them up. I suggest you not post a griz unless it was sold defense and your name had been cleared.

I will start it off.

1st is 2011 Billy. 2nd is 2021 Ram. 3rd is not mine but my dads moose from 2001. I was a young man to be with my dad when he got his moose, it's where I learned to deal with grizzly bears pretty quick and a adventure i will never forget.With 23 points for moose, only got 6 to 8 years before I can draw.

 

[Silentstalker]

Love it! This thread is going to be awesome! I am a NR with none of the big 5 so I can’t contribute but I will say this: Wy has treated my family very well and I love hunting up there. What a beautiful place!

 

[LIK2HNT]

you have had some good tags

 

[jm77]

@nfh Michael that is one hell of a mountain goat you took and I'm glad you told me about your hunt!

 

[JakeSwensen]

In 2014 I was very fortunate, I drew a random moose tag in the Wind River Mountains! After looking over quite a few bulls I decided this was the bull I wanted.

In 2020 I was very fortunate in the draw again. I drew a Bison tag! I hunted a lot of days on the forest but ended up taking this bull on the national elk refuge.

Thank you, to everyone who helped me on these hunts.

 

[SDBugler]

I'm a NR and decided 20+ years ago that the odds vs cost of drawing a M/G/S/B wasn't worth it, so have never had a tag. Our family has had some great D/E/A hunts though. But looking forward to seeing some of these great animals posted.

 

[BuzzH]

Wyoming has treated me more than fair. Started applying in 1999 for sheep and moose.

I waited for my Dad to draw a NR tag for moose first, and he finally caught up to point creep in 2012:

While waiting for him to draw, I continued to go for long shot moose areas since I didn't have max points. At the time I was regretting not drawing when I could have 3-4 years before. My goal was to draw ASAP then start applying again. Felt I left time and points on the table when I drew in 2015, I was the top point holder that drew a tag that year in the unit I applied for. Worked out pretty fair though:

I didn't make the same mistake with sheep. A good friend offered to help me out with sheep in a unit he knows as well as anyone alive. I didn't waste time and points, I wanted a tag so drew in 2019. Took 26 days of hunting, but again worked out pretty well:

Applied for moose in 2020 again after my 5 year wait. Nothing.

Got extremely lucky in 2021 and snagged a random tag in a neighboring unit I drew my first tag in. That worked out really well, killing this bull about 20 minutes into the rifle season after calling it from about a mile:

I have no complaints but wouldn't mind a bison tag.

 

[Zeke]

Wyoming has been good to me as well.
Buzz told me that changes were afoot so I went with an easier draw area for sheep.
30Hart put me on to a great area for moose.
It all worked out!
MM friends are a wonderful thing!
Thanks,
Zeke

 

[wytex]

Gotta dig up some pics, 2 cow bison for me, 2 smallish bull moose and 1 B&C bighorn.
Still have some moose PPs too.

 

[nontypical]

Moose 2005. Ram 2019. I'm gazing into his eyes. We had a connection! A 162 gr ELD-X from my .28 nosler.

 

[JakeSwensen]

That's a Beautiful Sheep! Congratulations!

 

[JakeSwensen]

That's a Beautiful Sheep! Congratulations!

Nice moose also!

 

[nfh]

Come members post them up. Find it hard to believe only a few us had tags

 

[jm77]

My two free range Wyoming bison. The first politely ran into Teton Park and died. That's an interesting story.

The second bull was taken with two of my grandsons and SIL on the hunt. It was very memorable and a larger bull than the first. This bull was well within NF boundaries

.

 

[MQQSE]

I added the antelope since I liked him.

 

[nfh]

@DoubleDropMuley havent you gotten something?

Come on guys. Other threads are getting hard to read and follow. We need some cool stuff to look at.

This includes the non residents.

 

[nfh]

I will share some pics from a 2017 goat hunt. Was actually with a MM member who was a NR. I will not post his success photo, but there was success with a bow. Was a great trip going with a guy you never met. Hiked hard, getting off trail in the dark and walking up in a grizzly packing out. Included a black bear we saw up in goat country. The 5th,6th and 7th picture is the goat that got harvested . I can't recall but I think we saw roughly 24 goats in 2 days.

 

[DoubleDropMuley]

Moose from 97 and Ram 2017. Still waiting to draw that goat tag !!!

 

[LIK2HNT]

picture of a crappy photo from 2007.

Hopefully have a sheep photo within a few years.

 

[nfh]

Well with other threads getting shut down, time to bring this one back to life

 

[Tikka]

Wyoming has treated me more than fair. Started applying in 1999 for sheep and moose.

I waited for my Dad to draw a NR tag for moose first, and he finally caught up to point creep in 2012:

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While waiting for him to draw, I continued to go for long shot moose areas since I didn't have max points. At the time I was regretting not drawing when I could have 3-4 years before. My goal was to draw ASAP then start applying again. Felt I left time and points on the table when I drew in 2015, I was the top point holder that drew a tag that year in the unit I applied for. Worked out pretty fair though:

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I didn't make the same mistake with sheep. A good friend offered to help me out with sheep in a unit he knows as well as anyone alive. I didn't waste time and points, I wanted a tag so drew in 2019. Took 26 days of hunting, but again worked out pretty well:

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Applied for moose in 2020 again after my 5 year wait. Nothing.

Got extremely lucky in 2021 and snagged a random tag in a neighboring unit I drew my first tag in. That worked out really well, killing this bull about 20 minutes into the rifle season after calling it from about a mile:

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I have no complaints but wouldn't mind a bison tag.

Nice management moose Buzz…

 

[BuzzH]

Nice management moose Buzz…

Got any photos of your Wyoming moose?

 

[Tikka]

Got any photos of your Wyoming moose?

No Wyoming moose for me, just a scrubby Utah moose…

 

[one_dryboot]

Are you guys trying to get a 3rd thread locked today?

 

[woodruffhunter]

“it's where I learned to deal with grizzly bears pretty quick”

NFH: Let’s hear the story

 

[Wiszard]

No Wyoming moose for me, just a scrubby Utah moose…

I think that's all they have there.....

 

[dwalton]

Moose from 2014, and my ram from 2007. Moose tag was resident, sheep was NR.

 

[30Hart]

Just a wyoming boone and crockett bull diy, made three trips over but got it done.

 

[BuzzH]

No Wyoming moose for me, just a scrubby Utah moose…

Thanks for your contribution to the thread about the Wyoming big 5.

The Utah threads are in the Utah section.

Hope more Wyoming hunters share pictures, some good ones so far.

 

[Tikka]

Thanks for your contribution to the thread about the Wyoming big 5.

The Utah threads are in the Utah section.

Hope more Wyoming hunters share pictures, some good ones so far.

If you could see past your nose, you would know that I didn't post any pic in your precious Wyoming thread...
Good day!

 

[nfh]

“it's where I learned to deal with grizzly bears pretty quick”

NFH: Let’s hear the story

Well I was 13 years old when my dad had his moose tag. Was a 10 mile ride in with horses to where he had several moose spotted. To sum up the story my dad shot the bull with his bow. We didn't have enough horses to pack out all the meat. So we gutted and left it.

Got to the trailhead and my dad left to call for help. 5 people showed up to help. We all rode in and we had 13 bears in the area. From grizzlies to some black bears hanging back. The bears completely buried the moose. 2 people stayed busy working on the moose while others stood around yelling and making noise to keep bears back. Luckily no shots had to be fired, couple small bluff charges. Actually turned out very well for what could of turned very badily. There was a lot of bears in this area. There is slope thay was near where the bears ear the moths

 

[Tikka]

Well I was 13 years old when my dad had his moose tag. Was a 10 mile ride in with horses to where he had several moose spotted. To sum up the story my dad shot the bull with his bow. We didn't have enough horses to pack out all the meat. So we gutted and left it.

Got to the trailhead and my dad left to call for help. 5 people showed up to help. We all rode in and we had 13 bears in the area. From grizzlies to some black bears hanging back. The bears completely buried the moose. 2 people stayed busy working on the moose while others stood around yelling and making noise to keep bears back. Luckily no shots had to be fired, couple small bluff charges. Actually turned out very well for what could of turned very badily. There was a lot of bears in this area. There is slope thay was near where the bears ear the moths

What a cool experience that was for you...

 

[muley_sickness]

I’ll keep it going. 2022 Absaroka Wilderness backpack hunt. Plenty of grizz around.

 

[jm77]

Mrs. with her bull

Mine from 3 years earlier

 

[SDBugler]

Well I was 13 years old when my dad had his moose tag. Was a 10 mile ride in with horses to where he had several moose spotted. To sum up the story my dad shot the bull with his bow. We didn't have enough horses to pack out all the meat. So we gutted and left it.

Got to the trailhead and my dad left to call for help. 5 people showed up to help. We all rode in and we had 13 bears in the area. From grizzlies to some black bears hanging back. The bears completely buried the moose. 2 people stayed busy working on the moose while others stood around yelling and making noise to keep bears back. Luckily no shots had to be fired, couple small bluff charges. Actually turned out very well for what could of turned very badily. There was a lot of bears in this area. There is slope thay was near where the bears ear the moths

Wow. Great story. Glad it ended well. hopefully the bears didn't take too much of the meat before you got back.

Could have been an entirely different story if it was just you and your dad vs 13 bears!!

 

[nfh]

Wow. Great story. Glad it ended well. hopefully the bears didn't take too much of the meat before you got back.

Could have been an entirely different story if it was just you and your dad vs 13 bears!!

The bears didnt eat a single bite. lots of piss on it though.

 

[BuzzH]

If you could see past your nose, you would know that I didn't post any pic in your precious Wyoming thread...
Good day!

Thanks for your service.

 

[woodruffhunter]

Well I was 13 years old when my dad had his moose tag. Was a 10 mile ride in with horses to where he had several moose spotted. To sum up the story my dad shot the bull with his bow. We didn't have enough horses to pack out all the meat. So we gutted and left it.

Got to the trailhead and my dad left to call for help. 5 people showed up to help. We all rode in and we had 13 bears in the area. From grizzlies to some black bears hanging back. The bears completely buried the moose. 2 people stayed busy working on the moose while others stood around yelling and making noise to keep bears back. Luckily no shots had to be fired, couple small bluff charges. Actually turned out very well for what could of turned very badily. There was a lot of bears in this area. There is slope thay was near where the bears ear the moths

NFH: Thank you! I will likely be elk hunting in unit 58 this fall and your comment had me curious

 

[nfh]

NFH: Thank you! I will likely be elk hunting in unit 58 this fall and your comment had me curious

let us know how your hunt goes.

 

[Bluehair]

If you could see past your nose, you would know that I didn't post any pic in your precious Wyoming thread...
Good day!

The correct response is that you would have some pics if only they let NR’s hunt in WY.

 

[Southpawshooter]

I went late and got lucky we didn't get snowed out. First day there I bear sprayed my wife. Pretty funny story there. Great hunt and a big billy for Wyoming.

 

[mulecreek]

First day there I bear sprayed my wife.
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