Tomorrow is the big day. Good luck to all of the traditional bowhunters applying. I hope we draw all the tags and get to see and hear awesome elk stories from all of the guys here on Tradgang!The draw in WY always gets me boiling. Five years of applying, I am packed and ready to go 6 months in advance. Every stump session with my recurve is a bedded elk, standing elk, feeding elk, a darn elk. Some in the last 7 years have been smartELKics in Colorado...they get a arrow too!
I may not draw WY and that'd be ok. I have lots of plan Bs and they contain elk, my recurve, hypoxia, lactic acid accumulation in my major muscle groups, and hopefully going in light and coming out heavy. Colorado application deadline is coming up my friends so don't forget...
cross yer toes man
hope i get drawn for bighorn next year
QuoteOriginally posted by PAPA BEAR:
hope i get drawn for bighorn next year
bighorn sheep??
I have only one preference point but remain hopeful.
Don't have to put in for awhile yet but I hope I draw this year. Haven't drawn my preferred area in...must be 4, maybe 5 years. :rolleyes: :banghead:
Good luck.
Thanks for that update. Thought it would be a week or so from now.
8 am MOUNTAIN TIME??????
Arrrrgghhhhhhh :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
One more hour..... :pray:
Where do we apply?
Kuma you needed to apply for WY by Jan 31st. Colorado is May 15th I believe so you have time. Do the DNR website thing and go from there...
Come on lucky numbers. I don't mind my plan B: stalking antelope, mule deer, and cow elk in the same unit I am hoping to draw a bull tag in but I sure would love a bull tag for unit 7!!!
Bad year for me this year it will be just a piont year. Good luck to thoughs that are in the running. :pray:
I DREW!!! now its time to apply for the NR antelope and deer.
Going to be a good fall!
Mike
Unit 38 in the Bighorns here I come!! :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
Congrats Joe!
I swung and missed. Odds report shows I had a 56% chance at the unit I went for so not my lucky day. Same unit last year was 79%....thanks Huntin Fool!
I considered burning the points on that type 9 unit 38 tag. Kind of glad I'm not competing with Mr. Elk vacuum for those bulls this year as I know how that might turn out. Would have loved the campfire time, though.
I'll take a swing at NM and then it will be on to OTC CO if I strike out there.
Hope others got what they wished for. Looking forward to the WY threads at the end of Sep.
Congrats Mike and Joe...I am JEALOUS! I didn't pick up a unit 7 tag, just another pref point to go with the 4 I already have. I'll take the point and put in for the antelope, mule deer draw and pick up a leftover cow tag. Now go and kill some animals and post the stories for us here at Tradgang!
Barney....What ya know bout area 38 ??
Guess we'll be huntin there this year HU (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/IronBull_/Smileys/yesssmileyf.gif)
I drawed for unit 48. Hope to be there the last two weeks in Sept.
Any of you folks hunted this unit?
Congrats to those who drew the tags. Its going to be a good year I hope. Now if only us residents can draw.
Congratulations Vance, and the other lucky bowhunters! I had to sit out this year, but hope to be back in the WY game next year!
Howdy Vance. Don't know anything about 38....I'll see if I can do some nosing around. I hunted 41/42, I think it was, about 10 years ago. Saw alot of elk.
I tend to stay closer to home any more. I don't know if it's too far to drive or not enough grizzlies. :readit: :knothead: :biglaugh:
Well 38 would be a draw area for us Barney. I don't even see a General area near there. :banghead: :banghead:
Perhaps we could just go and sit in on some meals with Whip"o". We could always hook up as DRAG ADVISERS..We're both of sound minds (sometimes) and weak of backs (all the times) :goldtooth:
Hey Vance 37 is a general area.
QuoteOriginally posted by Iron Bull:
Perhaps we could just go and sit in on some meals with Whip"o". We could always hook up as DRAG ADVISERS..We're both of sound minds (sometimes) and weak of backs (all the times) :goldtooth:
And here I thought you were offering packing services! All you can think about is what's for dinner - some things never change :biglaugh:
Vance, 36 is a general area as well. Bring your hiking boots.
Mike Barrett killed most of his whopper bulls in 38.
I drew a general tag and will be hunting in the Snowys in 10 and take a year break from my AK moose quest.
May also get an antelope tag or apply for deer since I will already be down there???
QuoteOriginally posted by Steve H.:
Mike Barrett killed most of his whopper bulls in 38.
Steve how do you know the famous Mike Barrett?
True most of the big bulls he has taken came from 38. I think 15 plus or minus a few consecutive pope and young bulls. That is just consecutive his trophy room has a lot more than that and the Mule Deer WOW.
I believe that that is the area that Pat Eastes has used to fill his Big Game Trophy Room, from as well.
Duffy Brown has added a few to his wall from there as well...... :bigsmyl:
Duffy has taken some big bulls from there as have a few others I can think of.
Randy:
I lived in Cheyenne in 1992/1993 and was a member of BOW for a handful of years.
I see that would explain your knowledge of the great snowys. There is some good elk hunting over there for sure.
Pat you should show us some pictures of your bulls.
I'll be ridin on the SKIDS (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/IronBull_/Smileys/surrender.gif) for my Pat comment (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/IronBull_/Smileys/scared0018.gif)
Wasn't the Brown Duffy's the #1 Archery Bull in WY
Its ok Vance I may be just for asking. Duffy may be after you as well. I dont think he comes here though ha ha.
I thinking that this is Pats year to get his tag and get another big bull.
Mike Barrett is certainly the man. As said his mule deer collection may be even more impressive than the elk.
My story goes like this, I pulled out of the draw because the guy I was going to apply with didn't think it would be a great year for him. Well I just saw the final draw odds. Looks like we would have drawn the unit we wanted:~(
The one time I would have drawn the tag I wanted and I pulled out, doggone it! Looks like OTC in Idaho for me.
Nathan
And yes, I believe Duffy's is still the No. 1 for the state.
I think that is mule deer collection is more impresive than the elk but man I love elk.
There may be others who have done it, but Mike Barrett is the only guy I know of that has taken two mountain lions by spot and stalk with his recurve. And he has more huge mulies than should be allowed. The guy is a killing machine. His wife Susan is no slouch, either.
Randy, I have never killed an elk bigger than a 5 point. They are my nemesis. Maybe this will be my year.
Good luck to all that drawed.Will be looking forward to the story's this fall.
Pat's popularity in the Traditional Elk world just soared New Heights :bigsmyl:
I was going to mention that about the mountain lions but, well that is almost so unbelievable I was just going to leave that out. BUT, since you brought it up!
The guy is a machine.
Nathan
Vance, I have missed more big elk than lots of people have seen. They certainly have my number! :banghead:
I'd gladly help Mr Whip if he needs it. :readit: :wavey: Or maybe stop in for a visit.
I'll have to put in with my committed hunting companions for 60 or 61. We've got a standing deal. Tracking bears helps pass time when you can't find the elk :goldtooth:
It'd be great to see you Barney!! And any help of suggestions are sure appreciated. I contacted a bunch of people researching 38 before we drew, but the real research begins now :readit: Plenty of time, but I plan to start early. I love the planning almost as much as the hunt!
Whip, the B.O.W banquet is in about a month. I'll do a little digging. :saywhat:
Hey Barney are you going to be in Sheridan for the banquet?
Mike is a machine he lives with the animals and thinks like they do. The mountain lions spot and stock are an incredible feat.
Whip I have deer hunted in 38 before and trust me you won't be disappointed.
QuoteOriginally posted by FerretWYO:
[QB] Hey Barney are you going to be in Sheridan for the banquet?
Hopefully
Mike IS the best bowhunter period.
See you in Sheridan Barney and Randy.
QuoteOriginally posted by Barney:
Whip, the B.O.W banquet is in about a month. I'll do a little digging. :saywhat:
COOL! :cool: I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy!
This could work :thumbsup:
Thanks!
Have fun at the banquet. We have our Wisconsin Traditional Archers banquet .this weekend - always a lot of fun.
QuoteOriginally posted by Shedrock:
Mike IS the best bowhunter period.
See you in Sheridan Barney and Randy.
You wont here me argue with that :archer:
Your trophy room is starting to fill up I am sure Tracy.
The elk, mule deer and antelope that Mike got last year alone was enough to fill a trophy room, Jerry Bowen sent pictures of them all and a coulpe of good ones that Susan got as well.Most people bowhunt a lifetime to kill all he took in a single year. Now that he is retired from working the animals in several western states wont be safe.
Mike