Wyoming south draw predictions

[RBGH1961]

I bet it holds and more people apply in the special this year so they can actually hunt!

Just put in for the special hunt with best of the west Outfitters but I only have 2 points...probably doubtful

 

[Skerhunter]

Just put in for the special hunt with best of the west Outfitters but I only have 2 points...probably doubtful

Good luck - Decent odds in the random drawing, might get lucky!

 

[wytx]

From that I gather your region is in the east. If so, yes they did increase nonresident licenses by 500. I’m sure that was a change pushed by the outfitters. And if that’s the case, they should have made those additional tags valid on private land only so they didn’t screw public hunters both resident and nonresident.

I experience the same thing as you in the western region with respect to resident hunters hunting mainly on the weekends. I have a strategy for that as well. During the week I hunt the lower elevations that are closer to the road. On Friday morning I hunt low as well but on Friday afternoon I make a move. I put another mile and another thousand feet of elevation between me and the trailhead. I go up to my spike camp and drop off some supplies. Then I hunt up there from Friday evening until at least Monday morning. Not only are there way less hunters if any, but the ones that do show up don’t make it there at first light and don’t stay until dark.

As far as ATVs in the west region, they are only buzzing the main roads. Lots of them that’s for sure, but not an issue as soon as you leave the road. I don’t see or even hear any. I did hunt an area in Montana where there was a forest service road open to motorized travel during archery but gated during rifle. I have been into bugling bulls that went silent as the ATV‘s passed and occasionally stopped and threw out a few bugles. They weren’t falling for that. Once the sound of the four wheeler faded away things got back to normal pretty quickly.

I hunt both South and East and yes there are more NRs hunters based on the quota for each region.
When they put the region quotas on NR hunters increased in the South, for the East not so much. All private for the most part. Pays to know LOs in the East.