Wyoming Region Y Mulies

[willob]

My daughter and I just drew tags for Region Y.  Just wondering if anyone has any info or advice that they would be willing to share.  We have never hunted this area so we are looking at this hunt as a chance to explore new country.  I have talked to several people that have said there is a very good mulie population in the area and there is a lot of public land to hunt. The big question is finding a place to hunt that is not over run with other archery hunters. We are hoping to find an area in the foothills where we can spot and stalk. Mainly looking for good numbers more than big racks. Thanks for any help.

[yeager]

Dave, a group of us have been hunting region Y the past 5 years. We've been hunting public land west of Kaycee along Barnum Road and a few roads that branch off of it. My friends have shot a few, fork horns and 3x3's. Myself, missed 2 fairly nice 4x4's my first year. The past 3 years have passed on smaller fork horns....holding out for a nice 3x3 or bigger. Now this year, I just may lower my standards.

As for type of hunting, we usually arrive a few days before the opener and do a lot of glassing in the mornings and evenings to check their travel patterns off/to private land alfalfa fields. Most of these places we already know their travel routes and where to set up. During the day, we usually try spot and stalk or check out new areas. If you have a GPS, I recommend buying a Wyoming chip that shows private, BLM, and state land.  

Good luck to you and your daughter.

[willob]

Thanks for the response yeager.  Are the overall numbers good in that area?

[yeager]

Sent a reply via email.

[willob]

Moving this back to the top one more time.  I have received some good information from a couple of different people.  Thanks guys.  Anyone have anything else to add?

[centaur]

As you probably expect, the big guys are found mostly on private ground, but occasionally you can find a decent deer on public land. Take a look at the Bud Love elk wintering area north of Buffalo. You might get lucky. Same goes for Red Grade Rd out of Bighorn.

[HALFCAWKT]

Hunted by Kaycee one time with some locals.  Deer seem to be very plentiful in the region.  The man that said he'd hunted there five years gave you very good advice.

If curious, Butch Cassidy's was in that area west of town.  The Johnson county war also started just south of town on the ranch that led to the town name.  And the town was the home of  Chris LeDoux.

The area has several different types of landscape so you ought to be able to find something that suits the type of hunting you prefer.  The main exception is heavily wooded, of course.  The best advice I could give, I think, is during the day in sagey, brushy areas.

Pick a very likely clump of brush to sit on.  I walk around during the day trying to sniff them out while they're in their beds.  Keep your glass up, and stay alert.  Good luck to you.  The people out there are awesome, but can take awhile to warm to you, especially being a hunter with out of state tags.

[willob]

Thanks for the advice.  I know the public land gets hit hard and you never know what you may run into day to day.  I would like to find good numbers of deer more than anything.  My daughter has not had many opportunities to stalk a mule deer.