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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: Ridgerunner on March 15, 2016, 02:43:27 PM

Title: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Ridgerunner on March 15, 2016, 02:43:27 PM: If anyone has had any good experiences with ranches in the eastern half of the state I'd love to hear from you. I'm researching units to hunt over there now. don't mind paying a little extra money to have a better experience with my boys again.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Timberstalker on March 15, 2016, 02:44:47 PM: tagging along.
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Post by: cowboycraig on March 17, 2016, 12:43:39 PM: Tag

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Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: cem3434 on March 17, 2016, 01:20:45 PM: I know if you havent reserved a spot for this year already, then you are probably out of luck for some of the better areas. Call the local Biologist and they will provide you with a list of land owners that offer hunting oppurtunities.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Bigshooter on March 17, 2016, 01:22:16 PM: Call the regional office and talk to the biologist for the unit you are looking at. WY is far better and more friendly than any state office I have ever delt with. The bio's have tons of info that will help you out and they will be able to give you phone numbers for ranches that charge fees.
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Post by: Bean Counter on March 17, 2016, 01:25:25 PM: I literally offered a landowner the clothes off my back, and then invited us for free. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: gasman on March 17, 2016, 01:42:47 PM: The WY game depth has a list of land owners you can get. Get the list and start calling land owners :tup:

The only thing I would say to watch for, is some land owners charge a base fee and some charge per animal taken. There was no way I was going to pay $100 for each doe :bdid:
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Post by: bobcat on March 17, 2016, 02:07:26 PM: The Wyoming Fish and Game Department is no longer providing the landowner lists. Although it might be possible to get a name and phone number from a biologist like others have mentioned.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 17, 2016, 02:47:37 PM: Try the town of Douglas Chamber of Commerce, they used to match up hunters and ranchers in their area.
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Post by: finnman on March 22, 2016, 09:23:23 PM: If you have the ability to turn on a computer and go to a county assessor web site and use google earth and a BLM map, you don't need to pay a trespass fee! I have told people before, I hunt in a unit that has 100% draw odds on antelope with lots of land to hunt, you just need to know how to read a map or get a GPS! Just a chip is the same as a trespass fee, now your set for years to come!
I just think people are lazy and have no idea of how to research anything, maybe that's why all my friends let me do this part!😁
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Post by: cem3434 on March 22, 2016, 09:59:14 PM: Do you need any new friends finnman? :chuckle:
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Post by: Widgeondeke on March 22, 2016, 10:09:43 PM: The "better" owners don't typically charge for does. They just want them gone to stop eating their crops.

One thing I learned about the GPS chips and talking with a game warden there. While GPS may be more accurate, the warden will follow the decades old fencelines. We found some fences were 50' off.

I used good maps along with my regular GPS and had no issues. Only problem I ran into was a not so honest guide. He tried to run us off public land that bordered his lease.

Good luck and have FUN.
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Post by: Emptyhanded on March 22, 2016, 10:19:12 PM: Tagging along

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Post by: finnman on March 24, 2016, 10:14:20 PM: Quote from: cem3434 on March 22, 2016, 09:59:14 PM
Do you need any new friends finnman? :chuckle:

Well what's one more!!😬
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: finnman on March 24, 2016, 10:21:00 PM: Interestingly enough, I was browsing the web site this week that I used last year to print a few blm maps for our hunt. Once we were over there, we drove the two track up to the area we wanted to hunt, got out turned on the Rhino with hunt chip, started walking, hit a white line on the rhino??? Weird, the map showed all blm?? We skirted and put a hunt on some antelope, they moved out, oh well.
Flash forward to this week, I got on the county assess does web page went to the parcel viewer and searched that area, sure enough that was a private piece right in amongst that blm! The map was wrong the chip was right! So I am good with that combo! I suggest trying the GIS web sites, great data and layers to look at for little out of the way areas to hunt.
Having a background in land surveying does not hurt either!!
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Post by: MerriamMagician on April 06, 2016, 08:29:37 PM: I would have to agree with Finnman, no need to pay a trespass fee. I made my first ever trip for Wyoming Antelope last fall. Hunted unit 16 which is supposed to be one of the worst units in the state for public access. With some maps and the GPS chip we easily cleaned house on that trip. Tons of lopes on what public land there is. We filled 9 tags in 1.5 days and called it quits there. We still could have harvested 3 more does!
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on April 06, 2016, 09:24:49 PM: Quote from: Widgeondeke on March 22, 2016, 10:09:43 PM
The "better" owners don't typically charge for does. They just want them gone to stop eating their crops.

One thing I learned about the GPS chips and talking with a game warden there. While GPS may be more accurate, the warden will follow the decades old fencelines. We found some fences were 50' off.

I used good maps along with my regular GPS and had no issues. Only problem I ran into was a not so honest guide. He tried to run us off public land that bordered his lease.

Good luck and have FUN.
OnX has a contract with wyoming game department. Wardens and bio's are running the same chips that you and I are.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Karl Blanchard on April 06, 2016, 09:27:18 PM: Bobcat is correct. The state is no longer providing landowner info. Like has been stated before, get a chip, get a map, and go. There are state chunks, walk in only areas, and register to hunt private lands.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Stein on April 11, 2016, 03:02:43 PM: Depends on the unit, some are basically private only (within 0.5 miles of irrigated land) and the chip isn't going to be a huge value like if you are looking for public land.

If you are shooting does, just head over and start calling. If bucks, I would probably hunt does one year to prospect and gather names then come back next year.

For public land, the chip (or on my phone) is the first thing I buy.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: finnman on May 30, 2016, 11:12:27 PM: Our party has grown by one, we're all submitted! I love submitting for hunts that taken no Points! No fuss no muss! No draw concern, no what's going to happen if we don't draw? Set a plan and make it work! My wife and I will have 6 tags to fill in 5 days! It's going to be a blast!!😄
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: lokidog on May 31, 2016, 07:21:53 AM: Quote from: finnman on March 24, 2016, 10:14:20 PM
Quote from: cem3434 on March 22, 2016, 09:59:14 PM
Do you need any new friends finnman? :chuckle:

Well what's one more!!😬

Or two.... :chuckle:

Good luck on your hunt!
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: Gringo31 on May 31, 2016, 09:18:00 AM: My experience is if you are only hunting bucks the access gets more limited. Landowners are more willing to open their land if you have a bunch of doe tags as well. :twocents:
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: ribka on May 31, 2016, 06:37:58 PM: I probably contacted 30 to 40 ranchers before finding permission

Do the leg work put in the time and a summer road trip knocking on doors doesn't hurt.
Title: Re: Wyoming trespass fee antelope
Post by: spin05 on July 14, 2016, 04:34:28 AM: I have the land owner list in PDF somewhere. If your intrested i will look for it. Let me know
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Post by: bearpaw on July 14, 2016, 06:55:03 AM: Several local chambers in WY used to keep landowner lists, I would certainly try to contact the local COC if you haven't found access yet.