Wy Trespass fee

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Wyoming trespass fee for private land in a general area, is that a thing? How do I find available land? Feel free to DM if you have something
 

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If you actually have elk on your land in a general area you wouldn't likely do a trespass fee, you'd be doing 5 day semi guided for $3-4k
 
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If you actually have elk on your land in a private area you wouldn't likely do a trespass fee, you'd be doing 5 day semi guided for $3-4k
In Wyoming? Not a chance. More like fully guided hunts starting at $9000 or $10,000. If I could book a private land, hunt in Wyoming, where there were actually elk and I didn’t have to rent horses I would do it every year. Me and 7250 other people.
 

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Wyoming trespass fee for private land in a general area, is that a thing? How do I find available land? Feel free to DM if you have something
Maybe for a Cow during late season... and those are damn hard to find.

I use a week of vacation a summer to go build fence for a Wyoming rancher for access to late season cow hunt. I normally would make 3-5k per week building fence.
Good luck...
 

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There are some LO out here that will do it but you'll have to talk with lots of people to find them. Bulls will be expensive, cows not so much but it will be hard to find.

Bite the bullet and hunt the public lands, they hold elk.
 
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Maybe for a Cow during late season... and those are damn hard to find.

I use a week of vacation a summer to go build fence for a Wyoming rancher for access to late season cow hunt. I normally would make 3-5k per week building fence.
Good luck...
@Laramie - I was thinking of posting a similar question to get an understanding on how ranchers feel regarding depredation hunts? Is it different vs "in season" curious as I hold a 5 tag for end of Nov-Jan.
 
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3-4k is what I had in mind for a fee but it sounds like that's not going to get it. Thanks to all who replied
 

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Not elk, but a group of us DYI hunted mule deer (elk were there too but we did not have elk tags) in Wyoming. We stayed at a ranch that had a couple of guest cabins and we paid a trespass fee to cross the ranch private property to access the public lands.
 
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Not elk, but a group of us DYI hunted mule deer (elk were there too but we did not have elk tags) in Wyoming. We stayed at a ranch that had a couple of guest cabins and we paid a trespass fee to cross the ranch private property to access the public land
Thats what I'm interested in can you DM me the ranch info
 
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Not elk, but a group of us DYI hunted mule deer (elk were there too but we did not have elk tags) in Wyoming. We stayed at a ranch that had a couple of guest cabins and we paid a trespass fee to cross the ranch private property to access the public lands.
How long ago was that? Deer are common on ranches. Most if not all ranches have at least some deer. Elk are not that way. If a ranch has elk in Wyoming, it’s usually outfitted by the landowner or leased by an outfitter.
 
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How long ago was that? Deer are common on ranches. Most if not all branches have at least some deer. Elk are not that way. If a ranch has elk in Wyoming, it’s usually outfitted by the landowner or leased by an outfitter.
2 years ago. Note the "we paid a trespass fee to cross the ranch private property to access the public lands", we stayed at the ranch in some cabins for lodging and cooked our own meals then we walked across the ranch private property (the trespass fee) to enter public lands - I harvested a mule deer on the public lands. The elk were on the same public land as the mule deer.
 

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How long ago was that? Deer are common on ranches. Most if not all branches have at least some deer. Elk are not that way. If a ranch has elk in Wyoming, it’s usually outfitted by the landowner or leased by an outfitter.
Not always true.
 

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I know some ranchers that don’t lease and don’t do trespass fees because they don’t need the money. But they allow friends and neighbors to hunt. ;)
 
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Not always true.
Never say never but he’d be pretty lucky to find one. You’d almost need to know someone. A inside connection. And it wouldn’t be in the 3-4 thousand range. The more at affordable option might be a property where the hunting isn’t what you pay for as much as it is the access just to cut through there to get to large tracks of public land with the little to no pressure.
 

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Wyoming trespass fee for private land in a general area, is that a thing? How do I find available land? Feel free to DM if you have something
If you’re hunting WY, download OnX. It will tell you exact boundaries for public vs. private land. If you want to know penalties for trespass etc., call WY Fish and Game. They are always helpful.
 
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