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<blockquote data-quote="Elkeater" data-source="post: 1487904" data-attributes="member: 103670"><p>I live just south of the WY border. Many of our elk and deer pass back and forth across the state line. I hunt wilderness on our side and typically kill two elk per year. Our units in CO are horrible as far as being crowded because they are unlimited areas. I just hunt very hard and do my scouting. Living 15 minutes from the trailhead helps. I would hunt Wy if I could hunt wilderness but I'm not hiring a guide. My point with all this being that being able to get into rough places is key and if wilderness is off limits then it's going to be a hard hunt.</p><p></p><p>On another note most of WY and CO elk herds are over objective. The answer to this is offering more tags. Sounds logical but here is my opinion. Again just my opinion but when a thousand tags are offered a thousand hunters buy them, which puts increased pressure on the elk, which pushes them further from roads and trails or even completely out of the unit and into limited entry units ( I've personally watched this) where they become inaccessible to nearly everyone resulting in very low successs rates and not enough elk being killed and many poor hunting experiences for hunters. The units I hunt typically have a success rate around 5% and our herds are over objective.</p><p></p><p>So do I think WY is worth it?</p><p>Yes but only specific units or if you hire someone to hunt wilderness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elkeater, post: 1487904, member: 103670"] I live just south of the WY border. Many of our elk and deer pass back and forth across the state line. I hunt wilderness on our side and typically kill two elk per year. Our units in CO are horrible as far as being crowded because they are unlimited areas. I just hunt very hard and do my scouting. Living 15 minutes from the trailhead helps. I would hunt Wy if I could hunt wilderness but I’m not hiring a guide. My point with all this being that being able to get into rough places is key and if wilderness is off limits then it’s going to be a hard hunt. On another note most of WY and CO elk herds are over objective. The answer to this is offering more tags. Sounds logical but here is my opinion. Again just my opinion but when a thousand tags are offered a thousand hunters buy them, which puts increased pressure on the elk, which pushes them further from roads and trails or even completely out of the unit and into limited entry units ( I’ve personally watched this) where they become inaccessible to nearly everyone resulting in very low successs rates and not enough elk being killed and many poor hunting experiences for hunters. The units I hunt typically have a success rate around 5% and our herds are over objective. So do I think WY is worth it? Yes but only specific units or if you hire someone to hunt wilderness. [/QUOTE]
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