Recent content by Wyoguy

No need to wonder about limits or seasons. One click does it all. Here is the link to the Wyoming Game Bird Regs. Limit is 2 but seasons depend on area. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/2022_hunting_small_game-bird-turkey_regulations_final_web.pdf

I work up in Montana every few weeks. Travel a lot of miles. The drought has been really bad. Lack of good CRP has made it worse. If you go, I've no doubt you'll have fun, but don't expect a lot of birds. 10 years ago it could be really good and I hunted it a lot. The past few years, since the...

I travel extensively in Eastern Montana and this year is reminding me of 4 years ago when things were so dry. This time of year a guy usually begins seeing pheasants. I've seen nothing this year--which is unusual. Despite a little rain recently, it's very very dry right now. I fear the hatch has...

Anywhere in the Bighorn Basin has both Chukars and Huns. Lots of public land, but in a sea of sagebrush it's tough to know where to go. Soooo, look for water--especially this year. Look for borders where private (with its ag habitat) meets public with sage cover. South part of the Basin seems to...

It's been a long while since anywhere in Montana has been good. I hunt all over, and all my old spots have been way way down. In my travels in Eastern Montana this year I don't think I've seen a single rooster. Used to see dozens. Lewistown, Sidney, Glasgow are all the same. Unless they are...

Westok, The hunting for both Huns and Chukar can be good if you find the coveys. Huns are spread over most of the state. Best populations are in the Bighorn Basin, Lander-Riverton area and the area around Sheridan. I've also hunted them down around Evanston as well. But they are where you find...

I've bagged a lot of Huns over the years. The best and most reliable areas are the eastern half of Montana and the Bighorn Basin and Sheridan areas in Wyoming. If you go to those areas you can actually target Huns as a primary species. In the Bighorn Basin you'll also pick up Chukars. I've taken...

Dag, If it were me, I would focus on the triangle made up by Kemmerer, Pinedale and Farson....extending east to South Pass. It's the heart of Wyoming Sage Grouse country. Mostly public land as well. Find water and hunt near it. Ponds or creeks are good. Doesn't have to be a lot of water, but...

dag, I can point you to some good areas to go for sage hens. Public land stuff where you can hunt all day long. What areas of Wyoming have you hunted before?

berttadouble, I'm not sure where you've been hunting recently, but I live in and hunt birds in Wyoming. Sage, Blues, and Huns--plus roosters. I will point you to some good areas if you want.

Hi esetter, Yes, I always find Blues when I hunt. I can't recall the last time I didn't. Some years I really get into them in a big way (Dozens).....some years it's much more meager. Most years are somewhere in between. If you know where to look you can limit up if you put in a good 6 to 8...

esetter, Drought affects Huns probably even more than it does pheasants. Huns are a dry land bird, fond of cover--but not too heavy cover--and wheat stubble. With roosters they head for the heaviest stuff they can find when they get pressure. Huns rely on their eyes to keep then safe. So they...

I've been hunting Montana for about 25 years. It's not the kind of place where you generally find wide spread concentrations of birds. The birds are a few here, a couple there, and a handful over the ridge. It's a state that is highly dependent on good rainfall to create good pheasant hunting...

No irony there Chops. I couldn't agree with you more. The reasoning behind that law is that in Wyoming "wilderness" is truly wilderness as in 30 miles back in with no roads anywhere. Hence, the search and rescue folks felt that in country that big, non resident's need a guide because they don't...

BigRand, I know we probably won't agree on this point and that's ok. The fact is that in many cases, non resident's have a better chance to draw certain big game tags in Wyoming than a resident does. Regardless, the entire reason that S.D. has a resident only season is because S.D. resident's...