Pathfinder JR and Little Pathfinder's 2020 Wyoming Antelope Hunt

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Congrats!!!
Thanks for sharing an EPIC trip with your boys with us.
A true memory maker .

[Brushbuster]

Great hunt & preservering to find access. I love how the landowner was reluctant to allow access & then became part of the hunt & celebration of the success. I'll bet he has some favorable stories to share with his buddies. 

[csaaphill]

Holy crap awesome hunt! And that pic of the landowner is awesome too, he and the coloring in it makes me think of a Norman Rockwell, or some of my Grandads cowboy pictures he has/had.
I am very surprised you got permission as you did, especially after the opener. So... on that grats
The only time I was able to do that was on this one guys land just up out of Dayton, where me and dad had spotted a buck or what we thought was running along the open then up into the brush. We took a chance and stoped to ask even though signs all over the place said No Hunting No Tresspassing. He was a cool old guy and gladly gave me and dad Permission.
Most if they even answer the door are like... Oh He** no! OR can't you read!!!! Or if they even offer with permision are like no, there's too many already...
So... I am glad you were able to secure permission.
I remember you saying your son was to join the military has he already or...?
Anyhow's Grats 

[ctwiggs1]

Dude, most of the private land over there is just as brown as the public land.  You still did a dang good job.  Great job to your boys as well!

[Dan-o]

Great hunt.

Thanks for the terrific write-up.

[Widgeondeke]

Great bucks.

I agree with it being a hard year.  unit 43 numbers were way down. I was happy with the 2 does we got. It is crazy how they "know" the land borders. We saw a shooter buck 30yds off the county road bedded down without a care in the world as every hunter had to keep on driving 

Congrats

[Caseyd]

As always a great write up and memories with the kids 

[Muleyslyr]

Awesome hunt and great memories made there! That’s what it’s all about!

[mburrows]

Really awesome write up! Thanks for sharing

[Stein]

Great trip and yes, they do know property boundaries.

[redi]

Great job congrats

[Pathfinder101]

Holy crap awesome hunt! And that pic of the landowner is awesome too, he and the coloring in it makes me think of a Norman Rockwell, or some of my Grandads cowboy pictures he has/had.
I am very surprised you got permission as you did, especially after the opener. So... on that grats
The only time I was able to do that was on this one guys land just up out of Dayton, where me and dad had spotted a buck or what we thought was running along the open then up into the brush. We took a chance and stoped to ask even though signs all over the place said No Hunting No Tresspassing. He was a cool old guy and gladly gave me and dad Permission.
Most if they even answer the door are like... Oh He** no! OR can't you read!!!! Or if they even offer with permision are like no, there's too many already...
So... I am glad you were able to secure permission.
I remember you saying your son was to join the military has he already or...?
Anyhow's Grats 

PathfinderJR is in his senior year at EWU.  At this point his plan is to finish his degree and then enlist in the Army on a Ranger contract.  He has wanted to do that since high school, but I kind of insisted that he get his bachelor's degree first.  That way if he wants to make the Army a career, he has the option of going to Officer Candidate School without having to figure out how to finish his degree first.

[ctwiggs1]

Good move on that one Pathfinder.

[Pathfinder101]

Dude, most of the private land over there is just as brown as the public land.  You still did a dang good job.  Great job to your boys as well!

Yeah, the drought there is horrible.  They were supposed to get some of this rain starting Sunday.  I hope they did.  The rancher had a truck with a water tank and a hose already set up and ready to go in the barn.  "Fire hasn't started yet... but I know it will."

[ctwiggs1]

Dude, most of the private land over there is just as brown as the public land.  You still did a dang good job.  Great job to your boys as well!

Yeah, the drought there is horrible.  They were supposed to get some of this rain starting Sunday.  I hope they did.  The rancher had a truck with a water tank and a hose already set up and ready to go in the barn.  "Fire hasn't started yet... but I know it will."

We ended up taking what I keep calling "4x4 equivalents" because it was about as good as it gets up where we were.  I did notice that in other areas with irrigated ag fields (mostly alfalfa) the horns were significantly larger.  Go figure