mule deer

Great show as always, guys!!!

One think I noticed that I wanted to ask… James, you talked about the importance of the spring bobber rods. Those St Croix Legends are awesome for crappies. I did notice, however, that about the time you downsized for the mid-day bite, you ditched the Spring bobber rod for what looked like the St Croix premier without a spring bobber. Just curious why you would adjust to that. Personally, my thoughts are that the mid day bite is the most difficult and usually requires more finesse and greater attention to the spring bobber and the MarCum. My only guess would be that with the smaller presentation, maybe a more active jigging technique was being called for. Scott appeared to stick with the spring bobber, but you both appeared to do well.

So, just curious as to why you switched up… was there something impaticular that the fish were looking for that you couldn’t obtain with the spring bobber?

Anyone know of any public ground to hunt mule deer in wyoming or somewhere west? I have been scowering the dnr site but not sure which areas are good for mule deer. Looking for an adventure that may result in harvesting a mule deer.

SE Montana has a lot of opportunity. “Trophy” quality is limited. A 25″ mule deer is a trophy there. 30″ is a monster.

If you want fairly close, SD offers an over the counter archery tag. The river breaks along the Misouri river is a great place to spot and stalk. Lots of public ground. Otherwise if you are gun hunting, you’ll have to look west river or to the Black Hills via the annual lottery.

There are trophy deer in SD, but not many 30″ western bucks.

Search diywyomingmaps.com There is a ton of information including % of public land and success rates. We just applied and used this for alot in choosing a unit. I would also suggest getting a gps map chip from huntinggpsmaps.com It is $1500 if you get caught trespassing.

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Search diywyomingmaps.com There is a ton of information including % of public land and success rates. We just applied and used this for alot in choosing a unit. I would also suggest getting a gps map chip from huntinggpsmaps.com It is $1500 if you get caught trespassing.

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Plus be aware. If WY is like MT. The ranchers steal land and put their fence line a good 1/4 mile into public lands. And the COs will not side with a nonresident. A nonresident has no standing against a rancher.

Getting a good hand held GPS and this application will save a person a lot of worry also.

http://www.huntinggpsmaps.com/

It also makes it very hard to argue if you are right or wrong.

Kooty,

The CO we talked to said he would pull up with the Garmin and that chip and if it said we were trespassing, we would get cited period! Cabelas has the Garmin 62s on sale for $199.00 right now. That is a sweet deal!

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I wish we would have had this in 04 when I was in Wy. We had some elk spotted 4-5 miles away, but we just weren’t confident using the BLM paper maps to be sure we didn’t step foot on private ground.

do a little looking on there web page and it list different GMU and it also list the area biologist for each area..

call several and ask specific questions about harvest success non res success public land

also ask for a phone number directory for private landowners that want deer taken off there land.. some charge but you can find very good land with tons of deer for a few hundred bucks..

ask about recent weather and the impacts on the herds.. ask about herd status.. what kind of terrain you will be hunting in that unit..

sit down and make a list of your questions before you call ,,

you will need to make a lot of calls but most of the biologist will be very helpful.. I have had some tell me exactly where they hunt. and how to go about hunting the area..

anyway.. hope you make something happen,, good luck!