Wyoming Bighorns

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Generally how are the Bighorn mountains? Not info on units or that kind of info I mean like animal makeup.... have wolves hit there yet? What about Grizz..... generally more forested range with decent amount of water or more rock and dry conditions. Looking to expand my knowledge here.
 
manitou1 said:
Wolves... yes, a few. Grizzlies... yes, in the North.
Crowded with campers and ATVs... yes.
Streams and lakes... yes. A bit dryer than many.[/Q
manitou1 said:
Wolves... yes, a few. Grizzlies... yes, in the North.
Crowded with campers and ATVs... yes.
Streams and lakes... yes. A bit dryer than many.
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Sounds amazing..... I didn’t realize wolves and grizzlies had gone that Far East
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Have hunted the north end for 20 yrs and never seen a wolf or grizz but you hear stories sometimes especially about wolves. No body camps like they are in grizz country, at least we don't. The place is polluted with campers and atvs though...bad. It's like an RV parking lot in some areas.
 
Yeah, there's no wolves or grizzlies in the BH's in any kind of #'s. The guys that see them are the same one's that are always seeing 360" bulls and 180" bucks but never kill any thing but raghorns and forkies.

There's 2 general elk units with high pressure hunting. Also some really good limited units with tough but not terrible odds. The deer hunting isn't all that good. Deer and antelope in the lower country though.

It's forested with lot's of rocks and some water. :)
 
I had a friend left his camper up in the Northern Bighorns, like many. Had food in it. A grizz destroyed his camper to get the food some years ago. This was verified by USFS or WGF... I do not remember which. I don't think there are many of either, but the occasional transient.
 
I've never hunted archery season up there but I've been fishing up there during archery season. Lots and lots of rv's atv's utv's just about anything with a v.
 
What about the cloud peak wilderness up there that has to stop the atvs by law right..... idk how high up that place is tho
 
BeastOfTheTrees said:
What about the cloud peak wilderness up there that has to stop the atvs by law right..... idk how high up that place is tho
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I've packed in there with a fly rod several times over the years, not bad getting into but that's the problem too, lots of backpackers and pack trains up there until the snow blasts them out.
 
No Wolves or Griz in the Bighorns. A good amount of Black Bears that like to break into campers wit food in them. I have hunted and fished it a couple times. Archery elk two yer ago. Great place to pend some time and hope to draw that tag again one day. Topography changes depending where in the bighorns you go. there can be a lot of recreation people there but it has never effected my hunts and I had no problem finding water with no one else around.
 
Did some hiking there a few years back and like others have said there was a lot of rec. use around the roads. We backpacked up into the wilderness area and saw no one off the trail. We did see a couple Elk and Mule Deer.

Keep in mind a non resident can't hunt the wilderness without a guide.
 
As has been said, there are no resident wolves or grizzly bears in the Bighorns. If you have a problem with either one immediately go into town and buy a Powerball ticket and start planning your future.

Cloud peak is high, over 10,000 feet. There is snow on top all year long up high. Mostly forest until you get up high around 10,000 feet and then mix of forest and open drainages. The forest is not real thick anywhere and generally pretty easy to navigate through. There is a lot of large rock/boulder fields in areas that can be hard to get through.

Shouldn't have any trouble with water, there is a lot of if up high.

Huge recreational use area. Anywhere that is flat enough to park a camper expect to see one. If it leaves there will be another one in its place within a couple of days. ATV's/UTV's everywhere all the time.

It is a real mountain range. Pretty steep and mean in some areas and gradual in others.
 
jmez said:
As has been said, there are no resident wolves or grizzly bears in the Bighorns.

Cloud peak is high, over 10,000 feet. There is snow on top all year long up high.
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Believe what jmez says..

The wolves that have been observed in the Bighorns have typically been young ones passing through. There are no resident wolves, meaning an established pack. It may happen, but hasn't yet.

There are no grizzly bears in the Bighorns. People see light colored (blondish or cinnamon phases) black bears and think they are grizzlies. While grizzly bears are moving east; a sow and two cubs were recently (October, 2018) documented south of Byron, WY.

The highest point in the Bighorn Mountains is Cloud Peak which is 13, 171 feet.

There are a lot of people recreating in the Bighorns year round by both residents and nonresidents. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, backpacking, ATVing, snow machining are all popular in the Bighorns.

ClearCreek
 
Meh no wolves or grizzlies I'd be more worried about cow moose. Will they make it there sure probably someday. Spend every weekend there wandering, hunting, glassing all year round. Lots of wildlife good amounts of water. It's easy to get away from the RVs people talk of, you just gotta walk. Yeah if your on a designated trail you'll probably see someone on the weekend in the summer in the wilderness area.

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