Stay Limits during Hunting Season(s)

[S.Clancy]

do you have any idea if outfitters have to have their camps marked? Might call FS and ask figured someone might know?

It depends on the state I believe. In WY, at least in the backcountry, they are marked.

I know outfitter boats have to have their #'s visible on the boat (raft, jet, drift boat, whatever) in MT.

 

[sndmn11]

I'm not sure you're understanding the intention of this post.

I'm not sure I am understanding how you know, with an inability to see the future, that these people will be there into whatever hunting season you care about.

 

[midwestcowboy]

Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention I actually have a crystal ball @sndmn11

 

[Customweld]

@midwestcowboy , you got to be getting excited! Clock's a tickin!

 

[midwestcowboy]

@Customweld I'm getting VERY excited, it'll be here before I know it. My buddy shows up in about a week and a half and we're diving in!

 

[sndmn11]

Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention I actually have a crystal ball @sndmn11

Seems sarcastic; how do you know they will exceed 14 days then if you don't have the crystal ball?

 

[zrodwyo]

It is very, very common in Wyoming to leave your trailer out from snow off through hunting season. I have never heard of any enforcement.

 

[Fetty Wapiti]

It is very, very common in Wyoming to leave your trailer out from snow off through hunting season. I have never heard of any enforcement.

It is awful in the Bighorns. Abandoned campers all over. We just camp at the sites, use their firewood and propane etc. If you set up right they cant even use the spot they tried to hoard when/if they show up.

 

[Deadfall]

I already deal with one outfitter running multiple camps in my neck of the woods, just found another outfitter camp in the middle of a drainage i usually hunt… it’s all just so tiresome, I’ll move a little bit but damn man I’m kind of tired of it…

Pretty tough for legal outfitter to set random camps. Outfitter spots and days are highly regulated. Also highly regulated is number of outfitters in a given area. Use days are also extremely hard to come by. If someone new just randomly showed up doing outfitting/guide stuff. Odds are good hes a scab and should be reported

 

[Hnthrdr]

Pretty tough for legal outfitter to set random camps. Outfitter spots and days are highly regulated. Also highly regulated is number of outfitters in a given area. Use days are also extremely hard to come by. If someone new just randomly showed up doing outfitting/guide stuff. Odds are good hes a scab and should be reported

Yep, I mean I’m very familiar with the area for the last 5 years the guide service that I know in the area, has a drop camp in one spot and guides a different spot on the other side of the unit, so when I found a camp that I haven’t seen in 5 years it was just pretty surprising, I guess I could give the outfitter a call and chat, or one of the guides I know I little, I see if he knows what’s up.

 

[5MilesBack]

Seems sarcastic; how do you know they will exceed 14 days then if you don't have the crystal ball?

Every dedicated hunter is all about redundancy.......he's got a magic 8 ball as his backup.

 

[sndmn11]

Every dedicated hunter is all about redundancy.......he's got a magic 8 ball as his backup.

Mechanical or talking?

 

[elkliver]

Pretty tough for legal outfitter to set random camps. Outfitter spots and days are highly regulated. Also highly regulated is number of outfitters in a given area. Use days are also extremely hard to come by. If someone new just randomly showed up doing outfitting/guide stuff. Odds are good hes a scab and should be reported

or a hunter who happens to have horses and gear? Not sure what indicates that its an outfitter

 

[Jethro]

So all we really know is that there were a lot of camps, both big and small, wherever @midwestcowboy was over Labor Day weekend and he may have taken photos of the camps.

Long stays happen. Sometimes enforced, often not. Move on to the next camp spot.

 

[midwestcowboy]

Exactly @Jethro, thanks for summarizing.

I did take a few photos and pinned coordinates of the different sites I passed. I'll follow up here in the thread when I'm back out there and make note of what's still present after > 14 days. Still unsure whether they are outfitters or not so I don't plan to report anyone.

The idea of this post wasn't ever to get people in trouble nor worry about people "ruining my hunt". I will hunt wherever I want regardless of who's camp is set up where. I was just trying to better understand stay limits, if stay limits are enforced during hunting season or enforced for outfitters, and if other hunters experienced this in their neck of the woods. Thanks for commenting.