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wyoming elk unit 41
« on: January 02, 2019, 08:09:04 AM »
I bought gohunt insider this weekend and spent some time researching and one unit that intrigued me was 41 for archery. Anybody hunted it recently?
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2019, 09:50:07 AM »
I haven't hunted it recently but I know it quite well.  A great place for an archery hunt, not a bad place for a rifle hunt.  When I had radiocollared cows in there in the early 1990s some of them recognized the influx of hunter activity before the opener and beelined for the wilderness for most of the first week of the general season.  If you have deer points too I'd recommend a combo archery hunt there, not a lot of big deer by Wyoming standards but plenty of nice mature bucks in the 18-24" range, mostly very typical symmetrical 4x4s with average mass, 120-150 class.  Also lots of blue grouse, but you will need an upland bird license too to shoot them.  You get nonresident fishing privileges too with the elk license, great numbers of trout in most of the streams and lakes in the Bighorns. 
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2019, 12:31:30 PM »
I haven't hunted it recently but I know it quite well.  A great place for an archery hunt, not a bad place for a rifle hunt.  When I had radiocollared cows in there in the early 1990s some of them recognized the influx of hunter activity before the opener and beelined for the wilderness for most of the first week of the general season.  If you have deer points too I'd recommend a combo archery hunt there, not a lot of big deer by Wyoming standards but plenty of nice mature bucks in the 18-24" range, mostly very typical symmetrical 4x4s with average mass, 120-150 class.  Also lots of blue grouse, but you will need an upland bird license too to shoot them.  You get nonresident fishing privileges too with the elk license, great numbers of trout in most of the streams and lakes in the Bighorns.

Awesome! Thanks for the info
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2019, 01:10:18 PM »
How many points are you sitting on Vandy?

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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2019, 01:22:14 PM »
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2019, 01:31:30 PM »
How many points are you sitting on Vandy?

6 elk/deer/lope
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2019, 01:52:02 PM »
You gotta really like archery to burn 6pts on a Wyoming elk tag :chuckle: you can get an amazing rifle elk hunt with 6 points and still hunt it archery season to boot if you so choose to  :twocents:
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2019, 01:55:50 PM »
You gotta really like archery to burn 6pts on a Wyoming elk tag :chuckle: you can get an amazing rifle elk hunt with 6 points and still hunt it archery season to boot if you so choose to  :twocents:

I would go rifle for sure if the seasons lined out. By mid October I am ramping up and getting super busy with work so an extended time away then is tough.  :bash:
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2019, 07:28:40 AM »
You're right by taking the archery hunt over the rifle hunt IMO. I agree with everything doublelung has said about the area. The elk have actually started leaving the high country as soon as august and making a B line to Flitners private ground according to the recently retired warden and our discussion last year at the local seasons meeting. Still lots of pressure after the 15th due to rifle hunters being able to archery hunt then. with any luck they will stick to there guns and stop allowing that this year. There is still lots of good opportunity just get away from the roads most locals are pretty lazy and wont go in past a few miles.  :tup:
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Re: wyoming elk unit 41
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2019, 08:25:07 AM »
You're right by taking the archery hunt over the rifle hunt IMO. I agree with everything doublelung has said about the area. The elk have actually started leaving the high country as soon as august and making a B line to Flitners private ground according to the recently retired warden and our discussion last year at the local seasons meeting. Still lots of pressure after the 15th due to rifle hunters being able to archery hunt then. with any luck they will stick to there guns and stop allowing that this year. There is still lots of good opportunity just get away from the roads most locals are pretty lazy and wont go in past a few miles.  :tup:

That is a good point about the 15th that I didn't think about. We were thinking about going around the 5th-15th or so if we draw.
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