Buzzard Breath
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This trip was 5 years in the making, sort of. I'm always buying points in Wyoming for antelope. It makes a good "fall back" plan for me when I don't have any other plans for a western hunt for the year. I'd been busy hunting other species for the first 3 years, but didn't have any trips planned last year. I did a ton of research, talked with biologists, game wardens, and taxidermists all over the state. I finally had an area I wanted to draw and applied. Well, wouldn't you know it, I was the only person with 4 points to not draw. No western hunt for me in 2018.
2019 rolls around. I'd made plans to bowhunt coues with some TNDeer members, but that wouldn't happen until Jan 2020, so I wasn't about to let all my research go to waste. I only had to make a single phone call to do all the research I needed.
BB "How's the roads in _______ _____ ________ _________?"
BLM Manager "They're in good shape"
BB "Seeing any antelope?"
BLM "More than ever and some nice bucks at that."
I went ahead and applied for the unit I wanted to hunt the year before. Wyoming had received a bunch of rain this year and I'd been hearing that some of the BLM roads around the state were washed out and impassible. The area I was hunting had a bunch of oil and gas mining going on so expected the roads to be good, but I wanted to make sure. It was just a bonus that the guy I was talking to was also a hunter. He gave me some great info. I drew my tag.
This summer was crazy. I normally shoot one of my bows everyday. It's therapy. This summer my wife and I decided to pack-up and move half way across the state. We struggled to find a house we wanted to buy. Then our house sold in the first 20 minutes it was on the market. Several moves, a few weeks living in various basements and we had our place. First thing I did was get a target set-up and start shooting again.
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2019 rolls around. I'd made plans to bowhunt coues with some TNDeer members, but that wouldn't happen until Jan 2020, so I wasn't about to let all my research go to waste. I only had to make a single phone call to do all the research I needed.
BB "How's the roads in _______ _____ ________ _________?"
BLM Manager "They're in good shape"
BB "Seeing any antelope?"
BLM "More than ever and some nice bucks at that."
I went ahead and applied for the unit I wanted to hunt the year before. Wyoming had received a bunch of rain this year and I'd been hearing that some of the BLM roads around the state were washed out and impassible. The area I was hunting had a bunch of oil and gas mining going on so expected the roads to be good, but I wanted to make sure. It was just a bonus that the guy I was talking to was also a hunter. He gave me some great info. I drew my tag.
This summer was crazy. I normally shoot one of my bows everyday. It's therapy. This summer my wife and I decided to pack-up and move half way across the state. We struggled to find a house we wanted to buy. Then our house sold in the first 20 minutes it was on the market. Several moves, a few weeks living in various basements and we had our place. First thing I did was get a target set-up and start shooting again.
Cont........
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