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<blockquote data-quote="Ross1147" data-source="post: 1834582" data-attributes="member: 106919"><p>So, been following this tread and it's just disheartening. I was born and raised in California (grew up farming driving tractors hunting and fishing every chance I got) and my family has been hunting WY since the mid 90s or so. I left California in 01 and have lived all across the US. I've had the pleasure of hunting giant Whitetail in the Midwest, hunting Sitka in Maryland, to hunting small southern whitetail in Florida and Southern Alabama. My heart always pulls me back to the western states though. I was blessed enough back in 2016 to hunt CA in a decent zone in Modoc county and killed the biggest buck of my life 6 miles back in the wilderness. But chances are I'll never be able to hunt that area again in my life due to limited quota</p><p></p><p>The last time I traveled to WY to hunt was in 2015. We were deer hunting (I've never elk hunted) and the sheer amount of elk hunters in the area we were hunting was insane. Early opening morning my dad and I had a decent 5x5 come by us with 3 cows in tow. They walked 50 yds from us and went into some timber. About 20 minutes later a truck came flying up the road and asked if we saw the bull and asked where he went. We just pointed toward the timber and 3 guys jumped out and ran into it. Well, about an hour later we were down at the bottom of the timber strip and we saw the bull and 3 cows come busting out and take off running perpendicular to the ridge line. I was waiting for a shot but it never came. He made it about 3 ridges over into a huge pocket of timber without a single shot. Just about then 2 pickup trucks with 4 people in the back each come flying down the road in chase of them. Poor things were gettin ran ragged. These were WY residents and not out of staters.</p><p></p><p>What I've noticed about a lot of out of state hunters, my family included (promise never me), is that they refuse to go home empty handed. If they've spent XXX dollars on the trip then they're going home with something. So on the last day some little 12" forky hits the dirt. Don't get me wrong, I'll shoot a small buck where warranted (Florida and Southern California) but in the land of giants don't shoot a baby because you couldn't find a big one. That ensures there won't be a big one in the future now!</p><p></p><p>I currently have points in MT and WY for elk. I've never hunted elk and it's on my bucket list. I really hope I'm not SOL when it comes to cashing in my points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ross1147, post: 1834582, member: 106919"] So, been following this tread and it’s just disheartening. I was born and raised in California (grew up farming driving tractors hunting and fishing every chance I got) and my family has been hunting WY since the mid 90s or so. I left California in 01 and have lived all across the US. I’ve had the pleasure of hunting giant Whitetail in the Midwest, hunting Sitka in Maryland, to hunting small southern whitetail in Florida and Southern Alabama. My heart always pulls me back to the western states though. I was blessed enough back in 2016 to hunt CA in a decent zone in Modoc county and killed the biggest buck of my life 6 miles back in the wilderness. But chances are I’ll never be able to hunt that area again in my life due to limited quota The last time I traveled to WY to hunt was in 2015. We were deer hunting (I’ve never elk hunted) and the sheer amount of elk hunters in the area we were hunting was insane. Early opening morning my dad and I had a decent 5x5 come by us with 3 cows in tow. They walked 50 yds from us and went into some timber. About 20 minutes later a truck came flying up the road and asked if we saw the bull and asked where he went. We just pointed toward the timber and 3 guys jumped out and ran into it. Well, about an hour later we were down at the bottom of the timber strip and we saw the bull and 3 cows come busting out and take off running perpendicular to the ridge line. I was waiting for a shot but it never came. He made it about 3 ridges over into a huge pocket of timber without a single shot. Just about then 2 pickup trucks with 4 people in the back each come flying down the road in chase of them. Poor things were gettin ran ragged. These were WY residents and not out of staters. What I’ve noticed about a lot of out of state hunters, my family included (promise never me), is that they refuse to go home empty handed. If they’ve spent XXX dollars on the trip then they’re going home with something. So on the last day some little 12” forky hits the dirt. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll shoot a small buck where warranted (Florida and Southern California) but in the land of giants don’t shoot a baby because you couldn’t find a big one. That ensures there won’t be a big one in the future now! I currently have points in MT and WY for elk. I’ve never hunted elk and it’s on my bucket list. I really hope I’m not SOL when it comes to cashing in my points. [/QUOTE]
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