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Wyoming Antelope unit 16, what can ya tell me about it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hookturnr" data-source="post: 1246921" data-attributes="member: 22612"><p>Well gents, the trip was a success! Not a smashing success, but a success none the less. </p><p></p><p>We got into Buffalo Sunday the 9th late and got a hotel for the night after scouting a couple campsites. Figured starting fresh in the morning was a better option than setting up camp in the dark. Monday morning we left town and headed for Powder River Rd. and found a spot, set up camp,70 and sunny, got it together and did a little hunting that afternoon to no avail.</p><p></p><p>Tuesday, it started getting colder and got windier through the day, we didn't see any antelope on public ground until the last hour of light..I got a shot at a decent buck, 287 yds. wind 20mph...******* behind the rifle.....I missed! I still haven't figured that one out, but it burns! Tuesday night it dropped to 20 degrees, 40mph winds gusting into the 50's and snowed 2 inches!!!!!</p><p></p><p>Wednesday, snow squalls made it very difficult to glass and the few goats we saw were on private ground bedded out of the wind.</p><p></p><p>Thursday, warmed back up to 50ish. Mid day we glassed up a herd on BLM about 1.5miles way, made a play on 'em and got my buddy his buck. He kinda blew the end of the stalk and spooked the herd before I could get anywhere to shoot but he got his first antelope on his first western hunt!</p><p></p><p>Friday, lots of goats, none on public ground, buck tags only good til friday...good thing we got doe tags too to be able to keep hunting!</p><p></p><p>Saturday, more of the same...</p><p></p><p>Sunday, we're going to pack up camp in a couple hours, I decide to take one more ride down the river road and look around....hot **** there's a herd we had seen all week on private ground grazing on BLM! About 20 min, of skirting them in the next drainage and I got my doe at 180yds on the button!</p><p></p><p>For our first Antelope trip, I call it a success with a buck and doe in the coolers.</p><p>Hardest problem wasn't finding goats..saw a few hundred a day. Just couldn't find any on BLM...The weather was dry and I had my truck so we saw miles an miles of 2 tracks, just no goats on public ground. You'd swear somebody bought them a map in some places, 50-100 yds onto private ground and stay there all day long...</p><p>We hunted pretty much sunup to sundown every day and that was the story every day.</p><p></p><p>All in all, we had a blast and will be doing it again in a year or two. Thanks to you guys that offered some insight into the area...Sports Lure was a big help as my buddy brought his tags but forgot his conservation stamp so we hit them up Mon. morning to get a replacement. Rocky Mtn sports got to sell me a new pair of boots after my lite boots sole delaminated on Tues. We had weather from 75 - 20 with snow and wind and back to 60's by the end of the week, gear failure, tough hunting and a **** good time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hookturnr, post: 1246921, member: 22612"] Well gents, the trip was a success! Not a smashing success, but a success none the less. We got into Buffalo Sunday the 9th late and got a hotel for the night after scouting a couple campsites. Figured starting fresh in the morning was a better option than setting up camp in the dark. Monday morning we left town and headed for Powder River Rd. and found a spot, set up camp,70 and sunny, got it together and did a little hunting that afternoon to no avail. Tuesday, it started getting colder and got windier through the day, we didn't see any antelope on public ground until the last hour of light..I got a shot at a decent buck, 287 yds. wind 20mph...******* behind the rifle.....I missed! I still haven't figured that one out, but it burns! Tuesday night it dropped to 20 degrees, 40mph winds gusting into the 50's and snowed 2 inches!!!!! Wednesday, snow squalls made it very difficult to glass and the few goats we saw were on private ground bedded out of the wind. Thursday, warmed back up to 50ish. Mid day we glassed up a herd on BLM about 1.5miles way, made a play on 'em and got my buddy his buck. He kinda blew the end of the stalk and spooked the herd before I could get anywhere to shoot but he got his first antelope on his first western hunt! Friday, lots of goats, none on public ground, buck tags only good til friday...good thing we got doe tags too to be able to keep hunting! Saturday, more of the same... Sunday, we're going to pack up camp in a couple hours, I decide to take one more ride down the river road and look around....hot **** there's a herd we had seen all week on private ground grazing on BLM! About 20 min, of skirting them in the next drainage and I got my doe at 180yds on the button! For our first Antelope trip, I call it a success with a buck and doe in the coolers. Hardest problem wasn't finding goats..saw a few hundred a day. Just couldn't find any on BLM...The weather was dry and I had my truck so we saw miles an miles of 2 tracks, just no goats on public ground. You'd swear somebody bought them a map in some places, 50-100 yds onto private ground and stay there all day long... We hunted pretty much sunup to sundown every day and that was the story every day. All in all, we had a blast and will be doing it again in a year or two. Thanks to you guys that offered some insight into the area...Sports Lure was a big help as my buddy brought his tags but forgot his conservation stamp so we hit them up Mon. morning to get a replacement. Rocky Mtn sports got to sell me a new pair of boots after my lite boots sole delaminated on Tues. We had weather from 75 - 20 with snow and wind and back to 60's by the end of the week, gear failure, tough hunting and a **** good time! [/QUOTE]
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