Mike Islander
WKR
I applied for WY pronghorn for the first time this year. Had no idea what I was doing and got a private land only tag in area 29. Both I and my buddy are gimpy dudes in our late 50s. He is missing his lower right leg but walks pretty good on his VA-provided artificial leg. I have a rebuilt knee, on which I can cover a couple miles a day before getting too sore to walk without significant pain. We are both pretty fit, just a little handicapped by broken bodies. To be clear, my injury did not happen in the military (I have a nasty dirt bike habit).
I have one tag. Buddy is going just for the adventure and support. I think he actually walks better than I do! He was my wingman back in our young and crazy Submariner days, so it's going to be fun no matter what happens...that's what we've decided.
We plan on flying out near the last week in October but have not scheduled the flights yet. I am not going to pay for a guide. My hope is that we can find a rancher that will let me pay for access. I'd love to kill a buck, but if there are no other options I'll take a doe for the meat. I am willing to pay a few hundred dollars for a place to hunt. If this won't work, we're still going. Will drive all over and learn as much about the state and game as possible and come back next year much more prepared.
Advice I have received so far is to head to the nearest bar when we get there and buy a few drinks. We plan on finding the nearest game warden and seeing if he can help us. Of course we'll still try that bar thing.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
- Mike
I have one tag. Buddy is going just for the adventure and support. I think he actually walks better than I do! He was my wingman back in our young and crazy Submariner days, so it's going to be fun no matter what happens...that's what we've decided.
We plan on flying out near the last week in October but have not scheduled the flights yet. I am not going to pay for a guide. My hope is that we can find a rancher that will let me pay for access. I'd love to kill a buck, but if there are no other options I'll take a doe for the meat. I am willing to pay a few hundred dollars for a place to hunt. If this won't work, we're still going. Will drive all over and learn as much about the state and game as possible and come back next year much more prepared.
Advice I have received so far is to head to the nearest bar when we get there and buy a few drinks. We plan on finding the nearest game warden and seeing if he can help us. Of course we'll still try that bar thing.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
- Mike