| Every year about June, I got the itch to hunt, | | | | corner but near. The group comprised of my buddy |
| knowing that in most states their permit draw | | | | Gordon, my old buddy Tom (now deceased), and |
| deadline, would be up soon. Wyoming is without a | | | | me. We hunted unit 22, just a few miles South West |
| doubt the best antelope hunting in the US. If you | | | | of Gillette. We could only find a few square miles of |
| want, you can buy, or apply for multiple permits. | | | | land there that we could hunt. Everything was tied up |
| Depends what you want, meat, or trophy. If you | | | | by guides and landowners. Really hard to get any |
| want meat, you can get between 2 and 5 permits | | | | permission to hunt. We had to settle on 1 mile square. |
| for doe antelope. If you want a nice buck, you need | | | | Daylight came, and by golly, there were antelope |
| to do some research, and find where the trophies | | | | every place. There were also alot of hunters around |
| are coming from. ( I would suggest the Red Desert | | | | us. It was what they call School land. State land that |
| area North West of Wamsutter Wyoming. North of | | | | you can hunt. We each had 2-3 permits, and the |
| I-80, or South West of Wamsutter South of I 80. | | | | Antelope for 3-4 miles would come through that 1 |
| Some huge bucks in both areas. Wamsutter is on the | | | | mile of land all day long. We filled all but, I think one |
| South side of I-80 between Sinclair and Green River. | | | | tag. All Doe's. We went to Gillette, and bought bags |
| If my memory is correct. You need to do some | | | | of ice to stuff inside the chest cavity of all of the |
| homework to decide what you want to do. | | | | game, and since it was evening, we decided to go |
| Call the Wyoming Dept. of Game and Fish in | | | | ahead and drive home, saving us all the motel |
| Cheyenne. They are truly great about helping you. | | | | expenses, and allowing us to get our game in a |
| Ask for permit applications, which include maps. Ask if | | | | cooler ASAP. The evenings this time of year in |
| there are leftover permits for buck or doe. Ask for | | | | Wyoming get real nice and cool. It was about a 5 |
| those applications. Once you get them, decide where | | | | hour drive back to Longmont Colorado where we all |
| you want to hunt. Much of the land is inaccessible! | | | | lived. |
| But there is a sizeable portion that is State or Federal | | | | The reason we go to Wyoming, is that it has |
| land that you can hunt. Everything is by unit, and | | | | become so political to hunt antelope in Colorado for |
| there is a different unit designation for each big game | | | | residents. It may take you years to get a tag for |
| species. The same unit for deer, will have a different | | | | property that you alone can hunt. If you have a |
| unit number for Antelope. Some areas you MUST | | | | hunting show, it seems that you almost certainly will |
| have a guide. | | | | get your permit. Colorado is nowhere near as good |
| I decided to hunt doe antelope one year near Gillette, | | | | to their own hunters as Wyoming. Maybe, unless you |
| in the North East corner of Wyoming not really the | | | | are from out of state. Hahaha. |