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Take Advantage of this Banner Year for Wyoming Antelope

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  • WTA Team
Species: Antelope
Location: Wyoming

from Caleb Sutton, WTA Consultant

Wyoming Antelope

If you are still looking for something to do this fall, or if antelope is already on the radar and you haven’t pulled the trigger on a hunt let me tell you about a great opportunity for this upcoming season. This year in Wyoming there has been a ton of talk about the horrible winter conditions at high elevations in the western part of the state, while these high country areas have been hit pretty hard it is on the other end of the spectrum for the eastern part of the state throughout the plains. 

The word on the street from all of the outfitters with boots on the ground is that this will be one of the best years for Wyoming antelope in recent history, if you talk to any of them on the eastern part of the state, heck anyone on the front range of the Rockies for that matter they will all say the same thing. This is as mild of a winter as I can remember out this way, almost as if we never got one, the temperatures have been warm, the new green growth is way ahead of schedule and the antelope have a jump start on horn growth. When you add up those factors with the fact that there was so many accessible food sources with the mild winter, I think the outlook is very promising on big antelope bucks for the 2017 fall!

Why Wyoming?

Wyoming Antelope hunts are fast paced, extremely high success hunts that all can enjoy, they are a great introduction to western big game hunting whether you are a seasoned hunter or someone looking into a hunt for hunter who is just beginning their hunting career. If you are interested in learning more about some of these opportunities and getting out in the field we would love for you to give us here at Worldwide Trophy Adventures a call, we work with the absolute best outfitters in Wyoming and there are some hunts ripe for the picking still available for this season. Lets not forget the draw deadline is May 31, and do not let the “draw” word scare you because we have outfitters in place with great private ranches that are all in units that have 100% draw odds. Take a look at these two hunt options below. 

http://worldwidetrophyadventures.com/outfitter-profile?hunt_id=1555 

Dates Oct 13-14

http://worldwidetrophyadventures.com/outfitter-profile?hunt_id=389

Sept 18-20

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On a personal level, my wife absolutely loves these trips, and I wouldn’t think of traveling to Europe without her. On several occasions when I’ve finished my hunt early, I’ve joined the non-hunters on their excursions and had an absolute blast. We also typically add a couple of days at the beginning of the trip to explore a city or region we haven’t visited before, which helps us adjust to the time change before the hunt begins.

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My wife and I had just returned from an incredible trip to Argentina with WTA last April, and I wasn’t planning another hunt so soon. But when that Idaho draw result came through, everything changed. Now I’m planning two hunts a year, and my whole outlook has shifted. WTA doesn’t just book hunts; they help you build a hunting life.

October 1 found us in Idaho. The setup was perfect for us: a smaller, family-run operation with two cabins out back, a bathhouse between them, and the whole family was involved in the operation. Mike guided me, his father-in-law took the other hunter, and Mike’s wife and daughter helped run camp. After hunting at a bigger operation in Wyoming where I took a nice mule deer (another great recommendation from Jeremy), this intimate setting felt just right for a moose hunt.

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Day one brought rain, cold, and long hours of glassing. We saw five moose total, including one bull that Mike immediately identified as “maybe a last-day bull, definitely not a first-day bull.” We also spotted a grizzly and some black bears. Idaho’s wild country was showing off! The terrain was brutal but beautiful, though after a full day of hiking those mountains, the word beautiful becomes relative!

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Four miles in, calling and listening the whole way, we finally got an answer. Things happened fast after that. First, a cow appeared, then the bull at 250 yards. On the second morning of the hunt, I had my Idaho Shiras moose down. It was an unforgettable moment.

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