Wyoming DIY Antelope Hunt
Nov 12 2010
Well, I finished up my 2010 hunting season with a DIY, hunt for antelope in unit 72 of central Wyoming. The last two years I’ve picked it up as a second choice tag. Three years ago, the unit had a lot of antelope along with some good trophy bucks. It does have a lot of private land, but permission isn’t a problem. However the Wyoming Game & Fish gave out 2,000 tags each of the last two years and ran the season this year till the end of October! I did find an excellent buck with 15” length, 5” prongs, and good mass. The buck will go in the low 80s and maybe net awards. I’m almost positive I was hunting the same buck I was after down there last year. He had the same length, but I think a little heavier. Like I stated in my antelope book, these bucks come back to the same area every spring. It took me five days to finally find him in stalkable terrain. It’s sad because with the heavy antelope harvest the last two years down there, there’s not much is left for mature bucks. I won’t be putting it as a second unit next year for sure.
The mule deer rut is on, so I’m out doing some still filming of the bucks. I did run into this bull hiding out and got some pretty good stills of him. This time of year they are just hanging out and healing after the rut.
