Wyoming Elk 2023

[Pathfinder101]

Lots of private in area 7 and with the late season, snow could make it difficult to access the small amount of public land there is. Could still be a decent hunt, I just think that's the issue and the reason it's an easier draw.

Sounds like a tag that was put together to help landowners that are having trouble with elk herds.  Bet'cha you get there and find that every elk is crowded into private grounds.  Prolly a great hunt if you can get access...

[cem3434]

  My thoughts exactly.

[Benny]

It is likely the Wagonhounds way of herd management. Most of the elk live on their ground or ground they have tied up.

[dvolmer]

In unit 7 they are trying get the bull to cow ratio under control. They have way too many bulls.  They want them thinned out and they prefer to do that in the younger class of elk. Problem is that a lot of the big bulls (due to high bull to cow ratio) are broken up that late in the year from fighting. So 6 points that are broken can be shot if they have 5 points or less on just one side. A broken 6 is a legal bull. I think the access on this hunt isn’t near as much of an issue as what the weather can do to you.

[Bigshooter]

There's no secrets to Unit 7.  It's a great archery hunt most years.  And usually a tough rifle hunt most years.  A late rifle hunt is going to be even tougher.  Private is the problem.  And unless you want to pay the Wagonhound for access you are most likely SOL.

[Pathfinder101]

There's no secrets to Unit 7.  It's a great archery hunt most years.  And usually a tough rifle hunt most years.  A late rifle hunt is going to be even tougher.  Private is the problem.  And unless you want to pay the Wagonhound for access you are most likely SOL.

Anyone know what the going rate for accessing Wagonhound land is?

[Mtnwalker]

There's no secrets to Unit 7.  It's a great archery hunt most years.  And usually a tough rifle hunt most years.  A late rifle hunt is going to be even tougher.  Private is the problem.  And unless you want to pay the Wagonhound for access you are most likely SOL.

Anyone know what the going rate for accessing Wagonhound land is?

Looks like 12 grand gets you access for 5 days plus a helper 

[templar021]

I hunted wyoming unit 7 this fall. Had a cow down by 10am opening morning. It tested positive for CWD .

[High Climber]

I hunted wyoming unit 7 this fall. Had a cow down by 10am opening morning. It tested positive for CWD .

That sucks. So what is the protocol with that?

[templar021]

Good question. WA requires deer and elk to be deboned before being brought into state. Health recommends not eating meat. But no known cases of cervix to human transmission. If I'm the first case, I'll be famous!  I canned most of the elk. Had a couple round steaks, kinda tough. Hoping backstraps are better. My pronghorn was better.

[CaNINE]

Good question. WA requires deer and elk to be deboned before being brought into state. Health recommends not eating meat. But no known cases of cervix to human transmission. If I'm the first case, I'll be famous!  I canned most of the elk. Had a couple round steaks, kinda tough. Hoping backstraps are better. My pronghorn was better.

Yeah I wish pronghorn were as big as elk.

[dvolmer]

Good question. WA requires deer and elk to be deboned before being brought into state. Health recommends not eating meat. But no known cases of cervix to human transmission. If I'm the first case, I'll be famous!  I canned most of the elk. Had a couple round steaks, kinda tough. Hoping backstraps are better. My pronghorn was better.

Yeah I wish pronghorn were as big as elk.

I am sorry guys, I have to pipe in here on this, I have shot 5 or 6 pronghorn over the years and my share of elk.  To compare pronghorn meat to elk is crazy!!  Not even close in my opinion! 

[Stein]

Antelope vary quite a bit depending on what they eat, at least from my experience.  If you get one on an alfalfa field they can be hard to beat, but if you get an old sage eater in the rut they can be a bit of an acquired taste.  I haven't had a ton of elk, but they all taste about the same and excellent to me.

I'll gladly take either.

Back on topic, our antelope options look bleak for our points so it will probably be either elk or mulies on our application this year.

[actionshooter]

 I'm sitting on 8 for deer and elk and like most folks I'm scared they are going to go the 10% route like they just did with the big 3...
Point creep is going to be huge this year, even if only 10% of the point collectors try to cash in, it's going to be felt.
Figured I would cash out on the elk, but I'm not finding anything that yet that fits the bill... As much as I hate to say Wa modern deer takes point, I need to be here for the kids, so mid october is out.

[CaNINE]

So whats the prediction on points required to draw general elk in the special this year?  6 points?  More?