Wyoming private land hunts.

[MICHIMAN65]

  Can anyone help me with info on non-resident Mule deer and Pronghorn hunts, on private land in the eastern part of Wyoming? I'm planning a hunt for 2013. A guy I used to work with did it a couple years ago, but I can't get a hold of him. He said he hunted in Lusk, on a cattle ranch, just across the Nebraska border. I'm hoping to do the same myself, Michiman.

[Ranch13]

Most of the land on the eastern side of Wyoming is private.
 Contact the Lusk chamber of commerce for a list of landowners.

[MICHIMAN65]

 Appreciate it Ranch13. Thanks, Michiman.

[Couger]

Along with that, any chance you can take a brief trip to WY to look around at all?  and meet any land owners face to face?  not cheap and convenient most likely, but could have huge long term benefits of letting a prospective landowner get to know you too.  Don't be afraid to look further into the state either.

[jedman]

  I have been hunting the area you speak of for the past 11 years. Go to the Wyoming fish & game website and research walk on land.  I have hunted on state, BLM, trust and private lands also.
If you are a good map reader and navigator you can find plenty of areas to hunt without paying tresspas fees.
                               Jedman
 
 

[Couger]

I have been hunting the area you speak of for the past 11 years. Go to the Wyoming fish & game website and research walk on land.  I have hunted on state, BLM, trust and private lands also.
If you are a good map reader and navigator you can find plenty of areas to hunt without paying tresspas fees.
                               Jedman 

Jedman,  During those 11 years, did you note when doe tags were avaailable in abundance?  Even over-the-counter? 

[jedman]

 Couger,   Before 2009 left over reduced priced doe tags became available around Aug. 1 st and you had to buy them thru a license agent.  It was tough being from out of state to get a lisense agent to write you a license or hold one for you if you were not there in person.
  Now its much eaiser, Last year leftover reduced price licenses became available near the end of July and you can buy them online with a credit card.
  In the area I hunt between Douglas and Lusk the mule deer population has gotten really thin and I dont buy tags for deer anymore but antelope licenses are easy to get and you can get 4 tags for doe/ fawn and 2 for bucks over the counter or online after the date they are released.
  If you are interested in buck antelope tags be prepared to get them on the morning they become available as they often sell out in the first few hours.  No buck deer tags are available as leftover  reduced price tags,  only doe/fawn and are very limited.
     Jedman
 

[Couger]

Thanks Jedman for your reply.  I've hunted Utah for sage goats, but not WY yet.  Glad WY has improved their process getting permits to hunters along with accompanying benefits (animals harvested that need it, better serving of sportsmen, maximum revenues, etc.)
 
I hope the slump in mulie numbers is only the low dip in a usuall overall deer-cycle. 

[Ranch13]

Other than the dates shifting a little bit and now the ability of folks to get licenses online there is absolutely nothing has changed in how the licenses are handed out here.
 The online thing is a double edged sword. Last year some friends of mine went on about 10 minutes after the doe/fawn license thing started and tried to buy the licenses so they could come hunt my place as usual. They were unable to , so they called Cheyenne to see what the deal was, and there were other nonresidents who had hit the system at exactly the hour and taken all 4 permits per person that is allowed..... So there does seem to be some drawback as the obvious hogs can clean out a number of licenses in a matter of moments. I just have to wonder what in the world would anybody do with 4 antelope???

[jedman]

 Ranch,,      No offense but I take 4-5 antelope every year in WY and got 3 whitetails in OH this year and my wife and I have no problem eating that much in 1 year.
 I have heart disease and game red meat is OK for me so I eat it 4-5 days every week.
Alot of my friends like game meat once or twice a year and even donate some of there to me,  The parts that have to much silver skin or whatever my dog makes short work of, nothing goes to waste.
  Jed

[Ranch13]

Jedman no offense taken. I love to hunt antelope. I like to get 1 and 1 only for making jerky, other than that the dang things aren't hardly fit to eat.IMHO

[Couger]

Jedman, I've found august-september killed antelope to have a 'sweet' flavor to it, and prefer it to mulies!  Have you noticed the same?

[Ranch13]

Antelope always have that "antelope" flavor, doesn't matter if you shoot them out of bed early in the morning, or running down the ridge in the middle of the day,out of the middle of a patch of alfalfa or in the pasture... August to December, there's always that antelope taste.
You will however never get one that is tough to chew

[jedman]

   Im sorry if we got off of the origanal question of Michiman65 post but often it happens.
 I know what Ranch 13 is refering to as that antelope flavor, To me I go by my nose what is OK to eat and what is not.  To me all game has a different smell to it and some of it just isnt what smells appetizing to everyone.  Back in the day ( late 70's , 80's )  I was a mad dog duck hunter, some years I shot as many as 200 ducks & geese. I use to eat them as ground meat, grilled  kabobs, super thin sliced rare lunch meat , jerky and every way you can fix a duck. I have not ate a duck in the last 10 years ! just dont like it anymore.  Same with rabbits and squirrel, and  muskrats, I use to eat them all the time but  at some point just the smell when cleaning them turned me off to them and I rarely shoot them anymore.
Right now I do the cooking for my wife and I and I have found many ways to cook deer and antelope that doesnt affend her or my 5 grandkids and it is our regular meat of choice.

[Couger]

...... Right now I do the cooking for my wife and I and I have found many ways to cook deer and antelope that doesnt affend her or my 5 grandkids and it is our regular meat of choice.

Kool!  I also remember the jokes (also in poor taste!    ) about how sage goats were only good for cutting any horns off, then burying the rest! 
 
December killed antelope makes for meat thats been under a lot of stress by that time, but August/September antelope is fat off of [still] good range, usually.

[gomerdog]

Grilled some antelope steaks last night, the first of the season. I prefer it that way as it doesn't seem to have that "sage" flavor as much. Belt-busting good if it's not over-cooked.