2014 Pronghorn
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
#13
If I remember correctly for non-res unit 2 was 23 points I think.If I'm wrong sorry about that. I would like to cash in mine in the next 5 years. I need to get out there so I can look over the units. I've only hunted 26 and 34 in the Flat Tops a few times. Haven't been back since 911. We were out there when 911 happened. We cut our hunting trip short and headed back home. Sad times for sure.
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
If I remember correctly for non-res unit 2 was 23 points I think.If I'm wrong sorry about that. I would like to cash in mine in the next 5 years. I need to get out there so I can look over the units. I've only hunted 26 and 34 in the Flat Tops a few times. Haven't been back since 911. We were out there when 911 happened. We cut our hunting trip short and headed back home. Sad times for sure.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 03-11-2014 at 06:01 AM.
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
But, I've let the elk points roll. I've hunted cows in unit 2 a lot of times since I could draw those as a 2nd choice. Unit 2 has some of the biggest bulls in the state and the highest bull/cow ratio. i'm going to make a play for the tag this season. If it doesn't come through this year, then next year is a shoe in.
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Top, in my case, it really wasn't a matter of "buying" points. The Navy kept me away from home so I always put in for the points for when I could get home. I did some good hunts over the years using some points. For instance I got my Mtn Goat in 2011, I've got a bighorn ram on the wall, took a good whitetail and a good antelope.
But, I've let the elk points roll. I've hunted cows in unit 2 a lot of times since I could draw those as a 2nd choice. Unit 2 has some of the biggest bulls in the state and the highest bull/cow ratio. i'm going to make a play for the tag this season. If it doesn't come through this year, then next year is a shoe in.
But, I've let the elk points roll. I've hunted cows in unit 2 a lot of times since I could draw those as a 2nd choice. Unit 2 has some of the biggest bulls in the state and the highest bull/cow ratio. i'm going to make a play for the tag this season. If it doesn't come through this year, then next year is a shoe in.
#17
The reason I let mine build up is we had planed on moving to Wy and I was going to do my scouting in Colorado while living in Wy. It's kind of hard to spend much time in Co when your 1500 miles away. Once we make the move I'll spend a good bit of time looking over the units. Also being a family man I tried to limit myself to just one hunting trip a year. I love hunting bears and I can drive to Maine/ NH in one day to get my hunting fix vs 2 day drive out west.
#18
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 8
Lots of guys build points in a few states and then hunt another state every year in general seasons. Its not like most of those guys are not hunting. Now if you saw those units you would think otherwise they are like a primos video with 300" bulls screaming all over. I hunted next to one 61 last season and a herd of 50 elk were 300 yds off divide with 15 bulls 5 were heavy 6xs pretty much all of first rifle screaming like crazy. Keep in mind those bulls were in freaking rifle range of Divide road during season! One guy I talked to bugled one when he was 50 yds off the road shot it and it ran and died on the road he drove over an picked it up in his truck. He hunted 25 min and shot a 330 bull that died on the road opening morning! Those Elk deff knew the boundary and would not come closer than 100 yds to divide.
#20
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 7
I've got two apps in for doe/fawn in WY. If tag numbers this year are like what they've been in WY the last few, there won't be jack for leftovers. Cheers on a Red Desert tag if you get it! That's a real treat, I took a 16" buck in that unit about 50 miles out of Jeffrey City a few years back. If you draw, do not miss the opener. The locals in that area hit those units hard due to the quality of bucks in that region.