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Lots of glassing sand stone, cliff area, sage , bitter brush. . Temps in the 70's so the deer, especially the larger bucks, were holed up in the junipers, bitter brush or bedded up in the steep cliffy areas. Only saw decent bucks at first day light or right when getting dark. bucks. CWD really hit the deer populations in this area of SE WY

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smallish buck bedded in pic. can you find. it?

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sneaking up to cliff edges and peeking over looking for a bedded buck. Saw quite a few bucks doing this but decided to pass on them

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Looks like your having a good time Ribka. Mb


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Beautiful country! You should bring me along next time! Thanks for sharing.

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and more glassing


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and hiking

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found a 1/2 doz sheds and this dink shed

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the wy wind was pretty bad 2 days with 40to 50 mph gusts

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Real nice photos........Good Luck with your hunt! Big Horns? memtb

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Wyoming is a beautiful state, everytime I go I can't wait to go back.

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Incredible pictures - got to love that country!! Good luck hope you find a good one!


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Spectacular, thanks for sharing.


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Awesome pics. Beautiful country worth the trip, bucks or no buck.


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fawn killer down

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other group spotted a buck and they decided to take and started a stalk to get with in shooting distance

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success


walking up to retrieve the buck. beautiful area


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pack out

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small group of antelope we encountered daily ok buck in the herd. Another hunter took him

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last evening with shooting light fading fast. Spotted a decent buck get up and start feeding in the bitter brush about 1000 yards away. Can see area top right in pic edge of canyon top. Rushed down to a wash and walked up as fast as we could and were able to close distance to 400 yards

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Got a decent position laid rifle on two aces as shot was looking up to canyon wall. Shot could see the bullet hit high shoulder and buck began a dead run down the canyon and disappeared . It was dark. Waited 15 minutes went to look for him and couldn't find him. Knew hit was good so decided to come back next as temps were in the 30's at night.
Next day spent 20 minutes looking for him. I started glassing and saw his tail. We walked with 15 yards of him twice. Hidden in a patch of yucca.


CWD really hurt the deer populations in this region so happy with a 4x4

typical 4x4 with a big body.Guessing 260 to 280 lbs

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far shot to see size of body

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healthy, lots of fat

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shooting tikka 6.5 ctr, xls chassis and Bushnell lhrs. 143 gr eldx

deer ran about 100 yards
love the eldx

punched both shoulders

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Great pics, congrats.

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Congratulations on your successful hunt......and thanks for the photos! memtb


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CWD hasn't been near the problem of the thinning deer herds there in the Goshen Hole, as the increase in population in Laramie county, the exploding populations of predators, and the proliferation of walk in areas.


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Saw one truck at a walk in area on a Saturday. Saw no other vehicles at the walk in areas I drove past during the week. I thought was unusual not hunted more in that area.Spoke to bio in that area and advised that cwd hit the mulies and wt's hard the past few years. Maybe that's why lack of hunters

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Certainly no shortage of hunters in the walking here
The drought has had some hard affects on the big game
But the big increase in predators has been devastating just north of where you were


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Yep, lots of factors affecting that deer herd not just CWD.
Congrats on your bucks !

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Nice looking 4x4,
Some beautiful country there.

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Great pics and nice buck, Ribka!

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Thanks for sharing this - congrats!


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Amazing pictures and some great bucks. Congratulations.

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Nice pics and a very nice buck...congrats!

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Great pics, thanks for sharing...


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Well done Ribka. Mb


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Thanks for taking us along on your hunt ribka. Great pics, and congrats on a really nice, well earned buck.


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Originally Posted by Ackleyfan
Nice pics and a very nice buck...congrats!


Was holding out for at least 170. but didn't want go home without meat. The lack of even does was concerning

Have a decent late season Idaho muzzle loader tag special draw. Hopefully take something bigger

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Great photos and congrats on a nice buck. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by ribka


deer ran about 100 yards
love the eldx

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Fake news.

I read here all the time that punching shoulders prevents them from running like they do when lung shot.



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Ribka, I wouldn't know where to start with all that land.


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Loved the pic's and story, congrats


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