Hunting grizzlies next year?
12-03-2013, 05:52 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
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You can keep the wolves but I wouldn't mind having some sage grouse instead. Can I make a substitution or is it a package deal?
I some speed goat hunting out by Farson and my niece is planning on going to college in Laramie after she wraps up high school in June. I retire from the Navy in Apr and would love to retire in WY but my wife grew up in NH and she says she has had enough cold and snow in her life. And if she ain't happy, I ain't gonna be allowed to be happy either!
I some speed goat hunting out by Farson and my niece is planning on going to college in Laramie after she wraps up high school in June. I retire from the Navy in Apr and would love to retire in WY but my wife grew up in NH and she says she has had enough cold and snow in her life. And if she ain't happy, I ain't gonna be allowed to be happy either!
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12-03-2013, 06:35 AM
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
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They do come into the state every once in awhile. I do a lot of elk hunting for cows in unit 2 and it goes to the WY line. I've seen grizzly tracks there on 2 occasions. Never seen the bear itself but there is really no mistaking a grizzly track from a black bear track. When I was hunting bear in BC, we saw lots of grizzly tracks so I knew exactly what they were when I saw them in CO.
I talked to one of the game wardens up there once and he said he had seen a grizzly over by Powder Wash and that is 11 miles into CO. It's worth noting that state lines are not a solid barrier. Nothing stops an animal from walking into another state. Concepts like state lines exist only for humans, nothing else cares about them.
I talked to one of the game wardens up there once and he said he had seen a grizzly over by Powder Wash and that is 11 miles into CO. It's worth noting that state lines are not a solid barrier. Nothing stops an animal from walking into another state. Concepts like state lines exist only for humans, nothing else cares about them.
I saw enough of them when I was in Alaska.
12-03-2013, 12:58 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
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did see the proposed NR WY griz tag fee of around $7500!
once in a lifetime tags should be the same price for res and non-res.
ID, WY, and MT could at least issue 2 boar tags each, 1 res, 1 non-res, while in the meantime they figure out exact quotas etc... but ya at 7500 for a non-res I think I'd just spend another 5k and go on a guided hunt in AK.
once in a lifetime tags should be the same price for res and non-res.
ID, WY, and MT could at least issue 2 boar tags each, 1 res, 1 non-res, while in the meantime they figure out exact quotas etc... but ya at 7500 for a non-res I think I'd just spend another 5k and go on a guided hunt in AK.
12-03-2013, 06:06 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
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You can keep the wolves but I wouldn't mind having some sage grouse instead. Can I make a substitution or is it a package deal?
I some speed goat hunting out by Farson and my niece is planning on going to college in Laramie after she wraps up high school in June. I retire from the Navy in Apr and would love to retire in WY but my wife grew up in NH and she says she has had enough cold and snow in her life. And if she ain't happy, I ain't gonna be allowed to be happy either!
I some speed goat hunting out by Farson and my niece is planning on going to college in Laramie after she wraps up high school in June. I retire from the Navy in Apr and would love to retire in WY but my wife grew up in NH and she says she has had enough cold and snow in her life. And if she ain't happy, I ain't gonna be allowed to be happy either!
As far as wives go I got the ideal gal for WY. She's an Alaskan and laughs at me when I gripe about the cold. She laughed about it just today.
12-03-2013, 06:57 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 269
I would never hunt a grizzly.. not enough of them.
But if I did, I'd bring a big BIG gun... I wouldn't even think of going after one of these things with anything less than a .308.. I'd take a .50 BMG if I owned one.
I took these photos myself during a camping trip with my wife.. Slept with a double barrel 12ga, and my AR10 next to both of us...
These things scare the hell out of me.. shear size alone is awesome!
Pictures taken at about 50 yards..
But if I did, I'd bring a big BIG gun... I wouldn't even think of going after one of these things with anything less than a .308.. I'd take a .50 BMG if I owned one.
I took these photos myself during a camping trip with my wife.. Slept with a double barrel 12ga, and my AR10 next to both of us...
These things scare the hell out of me.. shear size alone is awesome!
Pictures taken at about 50 yards..
12-04-2013, 12:26 AM
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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I would never hunt a grizzly.. not enough of them.
Depends on where you're at. There are lots of them in Alaska and Canada. The Alaskan Brown is actually the same thing biologically. Bears within 75 miles of the coast are considered Browns and those more than 75 miles are classified as grizzly. Neither are anywhere near scarce outside the lower 48
But if I did, I'd bring a big BIG gun... I wouldn't even think of going after one of these things with anything less than a .308.. I'd take a .50 BMG if I owned one.
you ever tried to tote a 50 BMG? All the one's I've seen weigh in at about 18-20 lbs. I doubt you'll tote one very far on a bear hunt. I'll happily hunt anything in N/A with a 30-06 or a 7mm Mag. I've done Africa 5 times and have never carried anything bigger than a 375 H&H over there.
Depends on where you're at. There are lots of them in Alaska and Canada. The Alaskan Brown is actually the same thing biologically. Bears within 75 miles of the coast are considered Browns and those more than 75 miles are classified as grizzly. Neither are anywhere near scarce outside the lower 48
But if I did, I'd bring a big BIG gun... I wouldn't even think of going after one of these things with anything less than a .308.. I'd take a .50 BMG if I owned one.
you ever tried to tote a 50 BMG? All the one's I've seen weigh in at about 18-20 lbs. I doubt you'll tote one very far on a bear hunt. I'll happily hunt anything in N/A with a 30-06 or a 7mm Mag. I've done Africa 5 times and have never carried anything bigger than a 375 H&H over there.
12-04-2013, 05:26 PM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
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