collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck  (Read 8162 times)

Offline GUscottie

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 786
  • Location: Graham, Wa
Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« on: October 21, 2013, 06:30:13 PM »
My 2013 Wyoming hunt started on the 11th with me shooting a doe. I shot my second on the night of the 13th. GUHunter, a local to the area I was hunting, and I spent the 12th bagging his very nice antelope buck.

On the morning of the 15th, GUHunter and I hunted a patch of BLM close to a spot we saw a giant 4x5 and another giant 4x4 mule deer. He saw a big framed deer running over the hill at opening light. A short while later, two fellows on fourwheelers came puttering through the area and began glassing from some private land. I initially thought they had permission to hunt the private ground, so GUHunter and I began walking out of the area to head to some other land we wanted to hunt. Come to find out, the two men on fourwheelers shot from the private land, across the road onto a different patch of private land and shot the 4x5 and another big deer...shame on them :bash: :bash: :bash: Not trying to be a jerk, but the guys from Wisconsin have really put a sour taste in the mouths of the local Wyoming people due to multiple incidents like this.

GUHunter and I spotted a herd of white tail doe and and a big buck on some more private land, facing the opposite direction of where the big bucks were later shot. We didn't have permission so we watched these deer for a few minutes before heading to another patch of land. We didn't see anything on our mid-afternoon hunt, just put a few more miles on the ole boots.

We went to the Walk in area where I shot both of my does for the evening hunt on Day 1. Who would have guessed that every other non resident hunter would be in this field?! There were 2 guys on the north end of the property glassing. There was a guy sitting on the creek that runs through the property. There were at least 3 guys to my east. We decide to sit down at the edge of the corn, where we had saw a 3x3 that was at his ears come out of the corn a couple days prior. As we were seated, two more out of staters come into the field, and begin walking right where I was facing. They saw my spotter set up, they saw my gun pointed down the edge of the field, yet they still walk right in front of me and end up scaring 4 doe and 2 bucks we were watching. We pull out of the zoo and head home.

GUHunter and I make a plan for day two. We decide to go to an area where I saw a dink 4x4 and 5 does last year. While using the spotting scope on the early part of day 2, we see about 10 deer come out of a field and into the BLM land. We pack up and high tail it across the valley, only about 1.5 miles as the crow flies. We get to where the deer were headed and hear two loud cracks...Some out of staters shot a big 4x4. I have the big buck in my binoculars and I see blood all over his white rump. He is running for the end of the county like there is no tomorrow. The other hunters track the buck for a couple minutes, like 20, before giving up. GUHunter and I try to flag them down since I saw the hill where he bedded down. They decided they wanted nothing to do with us and they headed for their truck and out of the area. I went into where the buck had bedded down to shoot him and put him out of his misery, but lo and behold, the bugger had bolted from the area and I never was able to find him again.

GUHunter and I end the morning hunt so he can get back to the oil fields. I go right back to where I had hunted the morning of day 2 and had 30+ deer walk between 37.4 yards and 300 yards of me on the BLM land. The only buck I saw was a yearling 2 point. If he hadn't been 55 yards from me, I would have guessed him to be a spike, but he was a forkie.

Day 3 started with me hiking up the BLM land to where I had the 30+ deer walking near me. I find a nice 3x4 and 3 does. They were about 350 yards and suddenly disappeared in the one direction I couldn't hunt due to a sheer rock cliff face. As I'm watching them leave, I decide to look to my 6 o'clock and I see 3 bucks running. A 4x4, a big fork and a spike. I see through the spotter that they got spooked from a bunch of does below them. The bucks were at 700 yards and heading towards me, so I find a path to cut them off and close 200 yards between them and I.

I get set up on a small rise and range the spike (now in the lead) at 333 yards. They are walking and the big 4x4 is second. Knowing my 270 pretty well, I aim for the upper part of shoulder on the buck and let 'er rip. The buck was hit hard. He lifted his right front shoulder and ran off to his left, away from me and down out of sight. I knew he was hit hard, I later found out I hit him in the top of his heart and blew out both of his shoulders.

I was so excited and the work was only about ready to begin. I quartered the buck, caping him and made two very heavy trips to my truck. It was my first time ever having to quarter an animal, solo, and then caping him as well. Needless to say, most enjoyable hunt I've ever had and the most rewarding.

Sorry it was so long. It was a fun hunt and I am forever grateful to GUHunter, his wife and her family for their support, help and great advice in bagging some great deer.

1st pic: As he lay from where he was hit (really short tracking job)
2nd pic:As he lay
3rd: buck posed
4th: finally in the truck
Wishing I was fishing...or in Wyoming

Offline Elkstuffer

  • ALL THAT'S WILD TAXIDERMY
  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2007
  • Posts: 1492
  • Location: Tieton, WA
    • Facebook.com/allthatswildtaxidermy
    • All That's Wild Taxidermy
  • Groups: WWSF, NWTF, RMEF, DU, SCI, MDF
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2013, 06:36:31 PM »
Great public land buck! Congrats!
Serving Central Washington and the Northwest for all of your taxidermy needs since 1999.

ALL THAT'S WILD TAXIDERMY
960 Dilley Road
Tieton, WA 98947
(509)673-1579

"If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it."     Fred Bear

Offline carpsniperg2

  • Site Sponsor
  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (+126)
  • Legend
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2009
  • Posts: 31527
  • Location: Goldendale,WA
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2013, 06:48:56 PM »
Grats :IBCOOL:
Owner: SPLIT DIAMOND TACTICAL
Firearms/Transfers/Parts/Optics
2011 HW Head Competition Winner

Offline huntnphool

  • Chance favors the prepared mind!
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+15)
  • Legend
  • ******
  • Join Date: Apr 2007
  • Posts: 32890
  • Location: Pacific NorthWest
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 06:52:41 PM »
Well done. :tup:
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first!

Offline kramman

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2007
  • Posts: 1357
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 07:31:22 PM »
Great buck and on public land too. This is getting me stoked for my own Wyoming hunt. I've got a region a tag and will also b hitting public land. Thanks for posting

Offline JLS

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2010
  • Posts: 4622
  • Location: In my last tracks.....
  • Groups: Support the LWCF!
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 07:33:42 PM »
That's a really nice looking buck, congratulations.
Matthew 7:13-14

Offline bowhunterforever

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 8540
  • Location: Lincoln, Co
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 08:27:54 PM »
Good looking buck :tup:
You sure you know how to skin griz pilgram

Offline chukar58

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 233
  • Location: westside
  • What's in your freezer?
  • Groups: Washington State Bowhunters, RMEF
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2013, 11:26:48 AM »
Nice job and thanks for posting showing you getting it done on public land!

Offline C-Money

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 10931
  • Location: Grant County
  • Self proclaimed 3pt master
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2013, 09:20:22 AM »
Nice! Congrats to you!!
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

Offline ShaneTyTrey

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2012
  • Posts: 1752
  • Location: Richland, Wa
  • Is there anything better than hunting?
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2013, 04:19:18 PM »
 :tup: :tup:  Nice buck!!!
Cascade Life Member Washington Wild Sheep Foundation.
Life Member Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation.
Life Member Montana Wild Sheep Foundation.
Life Member Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society.

Online wadu1

  • Grumpy
  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (+30)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 7238
  • Location: Tacoma
  • RMEF, DU, NRA, PFE, NWTF
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2013, 04:35:37 PM »
Nice buck, con grats.
Your message "Not trying to be a jerk, but the guys from Wisconsin have really put a sour taste in the mouths of the local Wyoming people due to multiple incidents like this."
I hunted Wyoming about 10 years ago and paid a trespass fee to hunt private and surrounding BLM land. We had the same type of thing happen to us with Wisconsin folks. The rancher finally had enough of them and gave there fee back and asked them to leave. The next day we heard that they had taken a big whitetail off a neighbors property without permission, we saw the Wyo F&G dealing with them on the way home a day later. 
"a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi"

Offline brewdog

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Pilgrim
  • *
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 22
  • Location: Bellingham
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2014, 10:35:53 PM »
Great story, thanks for sharing.  We're applying for Region R this year.  We normally go to eastern MT, but decided to give WY a try.  Hopefully, we'll have as much success as you did.  Not having hunted in WY before, were the doe tags OTC, or did you have to apply for them?  I'm curious, did you partner tag out as well?
Follower of Christ
Dad to 3 amazing daughters
Hunter education instructor
Mt. Baker Chapter RMEF committee member
NRA life member

Offline GUscottie

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 786
  • Location: Graham, Wa
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2014, 11:05:52 PM »
Doe tags can be OTC, but I've always purchased them when I pay for my region tag in March. There are usually a few leftovers, but they will go quick once people realize if they drew or not. I put my doe tags as do not select if not drawn for my "buck" tag. You then don't get a couple doe tags and no buck tag. Doe tags are getting more and more difficult to fill. There are a lot fewer white tail does in the area due to hunting pressure (their goal). You have to hunt private land to get the white tails, they are basically only in the bottom lands by the rivers, even then, in the right places there are mule deer and no white tail deer. GUHunter did not get a deer this fall with his any whitetail buck tag for November. Just fewer white tails in the areas we hunt and on the private lands we hunt.
Wishing I was fishing...or in Wyoming

Offline brewdog

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Pilgrim
  • *
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 22
  • Location: Bellingham
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2014, 04:53:52 PM »
Thanks for the response. We actually drew for region F, which was our 3rd choice. We're actually out scouting now and I'm a little concerned about how our hunting will go. We typically go to eastern MT and decided to try Wyoming for a change. We'll be hunting DIY so the wilderness areas are out. I'm sure we'll find deer, but it should be an interesting hunt.
Follower of Christ
Dad to 3 amazing daughters
Hunter education instructor
Mt. Baker Chapter RMEF committee member
NRA life member

Offline Irish_hunter93

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Dec 2013
  • Posts: 303
  • Location: Arlington
  • Groups: F4WM
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2014, 01:31:20 PM »
Congrats! That's a very nice buck! Just makes you wish there weren't so many dang people   :bash:

Offline GUscottie

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 786
  • Location: Graham, Wa
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2014, 01:37:48 PM »
There are only about 600 non resident tags so the pressure isn't crazy but the people seem to flick towards where the deer are. I have had the ability to get away from people but I also know my way around on my two feet unlike many of the (road) hunters there.
Wishing I was fishing...or in Wyoming

Offline deltaops

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2012
  • Posts: 721
  • Location: Bonney Lake, WA
  • “Heads” I win, “Tails” you lose!
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2014, 02:01:59 PM »
My Father in Law has ten acres in Region B that I thought about hunting this year. We are headed over here soon for a week. If the money is in my account by then I may have to do it. If not, oh well. The land is waiting for me when I get a chance.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln

Offline GUscottie

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 786
  • Location: Graham, Wa
Re: Region R Wyoming BLM Buck
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2014, 11:45:19 PM »
Region b eh? I've not hunted in the area and have done even less research. I know some areas of the state are infested with white tail deer. If you do head that way I'd love to hear a story about it
Wishing I was fishing...or in Wyoming

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Idaho General Season Going to Draw for Nonresidents by huntnnw
[Today at 06:48:02 AM]


Resetting dash warning lights by Woodchuck
[Today at 06:42:55 AM]


Please Report Problems & Bugs Here by Rainier10
[Today at 06:30:45 AM]


DIY Ucluelet trip by Shannon
[Today at 06:10:02 AM]


CVA Optima V2 durasight rail mod by craigapphunt
[Today at 05:56:00 AM]


Last year putting in… by wa.hunter
[Yesterday at 11:02:00 PM]


HUNTNNW 2025 trail cam thread and photos by huntnnw
[Yesterday at 10:34:36 PM]


alkali elk special hunt by Rainier10
[Yesterday at 09:17:12 PM]


Wyoming elk who's in? by Ghost Hunter
[Yesterday at 08:56:09 PM]


Oregon Seed #'s by Brute
[Yesterday at 08:54:20 PM]


What's flatbed pickup life like? by Happy Gilmore
[Yesterday at 08:38:50 PM]


The time clock has started.....and go. by KNOPHISH
[Yesterday at 07:31:05 PM]


Colorado Results by vandeman17
[Yesterday at 02:29:43 PM]


Burrowing Animal by b0bbyg
[Yesterday at 12:43:47 PM]


Cold bore or fouled barrel. by hunter399
[Yesterday at 12:36:22 PM]


Oregon spring bear by time2hunt
[May 27, 2025, 08:03:28 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal