Wyoming Hunting Outfitters

Elk, Deer, Moose & Antelope Hunting in Wyoming

Wyoming Antelope Hunting Wyoming is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest U.S. state by area, Wyoming is the least populous, with a U.S. Census estimated population of 544,270 in 2009. This is a 5.9% increase since 2000. The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is Cheyenne.

The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is a great plateau broken by a number of mountain ranges. Surface elevations range from the summit of Gannett Peak in the Wind River Mountain Range, at 13,804 feet, to the Belle Fourche River valley in the state’s northeast corner, at 3,125 feet. In the northwest are the Absaroka, Owl Creek, Gros Ventre, Wind River and the Teton ranges. In the north central are the Big Horn Mountains; in the northeast, the Black Hills; and in the southern region the Laramie, Snowy and Sierra Madre ranges.

The Snowy Range in the south central part of the state is an extension of the Colorado Rockies in both geology and appearance. The Wind River Range in the west central part of the state is remote and includes more than 40 mountain peaks in excess of 13,000 ft tall in addition to Gannett Peak, the highest peak in the state. The Big Horn Mountains in the north central portion are somewhat isolated from the bulk of the Rocky Mountains.

The Teton Range in the northwest extends for 50 miles, part of which is included in Grand Teton National Park. The park includes the Grand Teton, the second highest peak in Wyoming.

Wyoming Elk Hunting The Continental Divide spans north-south across the central portion of the state. Rivers east of the divide drain into the Missouri River Basin and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. They are the North Platte, Wind, Big Horn and the Yellowstone rivers. The Snake River in northwest Wyoming eventually drains into the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, as does the Green River through the Colorado River Basin.

The continental divide forks in the south central part of the state in an area known as the Great Divide Basin where the waters that flow or precipitate into this area remain there and cannot flow to any ocean. Instead, because of the overall aridity of Wyoming, water in the Great Divide Basin simply sinks into the soil or evaporates.

Several rivers begin or flow through the state, including the Yellowstone River, Bighorn River, Green River, and the Snake River.

More than 48% of the land in Wyoming is owned by the U.S. Government, leading Wyoming to rank sixth in the US in total acres and fifth in percentage of a state's land owned by the Federal government. This amounts to about 30,099,430 acres owned and managed by the U.S. Government. The state government owns an additional 6% of all Wyoming lands, or another 3,864,800 acres.

The vast majority of this government land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service in numerous National Forests, a National Grassland, and a number of vast swaths of public land, in addition to the F.E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne.

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Location(s) of Hunting Trips

Arrival/Departure Airport(s)
Plan on arriving midday on the day before the start date for your hunting trip. This is particularly important for horseback hunts, it allows us to get you sized and fitted for saddles. Also it gives you time to shoot and make sure everything is ready for your first day of hunting and not wasting your hunt time.

Wyoming Hunts

Fly into Casper, WY for all Wyoming hunts except Hunts #4 and #7 and for our two state deer hunts (#9). Hunters on Hunt #4 will fly into Rapid City, South Dakota, rent a car and drive to Newcastle, WY. Hunters on Hunt #7 fly into Jackson, WY, rent a car (or taxi) to the Box Y Lodge.

For all Wyoming hunting trips except #4, 6 and 7, our hunting guide will pick you up at the airport. If you arrive in Casper earlier than the day before your hunt start date, you will use the motel shuttle bus for transportation to the Casper Parkway Plaza. After your hunt you can use this same shuttle to return to the Casper airport. Maps are available if you would like to drive directly to our hunting camp. On Montana hunts, you will fly into Billings, MT., rent a car and drive to Miles City.

Mode of Transportation

Horses and 4x4 vehicles are used to cover the country, but walking is involved on all hunts. The hunter who has prepared him or herself physically has the edge on scoring a trophy.

Lodging

On camp-based hunting trips the outfitter will furnish everything except personal gear. Their camps consist of the use of heated wall tents on wooden platforms, sleeping trailers and lodges depending on the hunt booked.

Camp sizes vary in capacity from 6 to 12 hunters and husband/wife teams receive their own private accommodations. On all camp hunts, hunters return to town on the night of the last day of your hunt (except for Hunt #7).

Food and Beverages

On this outfitter’s camp-based hunting trips, they will furnish everything except personal gear. They utilize fulltime experienced cooks prepare delicious hearty home-style meals to satisfy even the biggest appetites.

On many of the antelope and deer hunting trips in Wyoming and Montana, they offer town lodging and accommodations. Included in the price of the hunt are; your guide, transportation to your hunting location, field lunch and care of meat in the field. You may bring your own camper if you so choose and stay in a local campground or motel. Hunting licenses, meals, gratuities and lodging costs are your responsibility.

Hunting Overview

Wyoming Bear Hunting This Wyoming Outfitter offers ten unique hunting experiences for deer and big game hunters who want the ultimate big game hunting experience in Montana or Wyoming. Whether you enjoy deer hunting for mule or whitetail deer or enjoy antelope hunting, bear hunting, moose, or elk hunting, you will benefit from the high level of our guides' expertise in tracking big game.

Our hunting guides have deep experience hunting in our local Wyoming and Montana hunting habitats and can teach you the latest hunting techniques.

Mule deer
This outfitter has a longstanding reputation for offering top quality mule deer hunting including trophy mule deer hunting in Wyoming and Montana. They offer a two deer hunt across both states as well as multi-species hunts which include excellent opportunities for mule deer hunting success.

Whitetail deer
If you enjoy hunting whitetail deer, come to Wyoming and discover the excitement of whitetail deer hunting in the rugged landscapes of the western U.S. This outfitter offers trophy whitetail deer hunting including both deer-only as well as combined deer-antelope hunts.

They hunt whitetail deer near Newcastle, Wyoming just 20 minutes from our ranch as well as on a 34,000 acre spread of big game habitat. Their combined WY-MT two deer hunt includes hunting out of Miles City, MT.

Lifetime Deer Hunting Success rate: (Whitetail & Mule Deer Combined) is 2319 guided hunts with 2080 harvested bucks for a 90% success ratio.

Elk Hunting
This outfitter offers two elk hunting experiences in Wyoming both of which include top quality trophy elk hunting as part of multi-species hunts. Both of these camps are drive to camp hunt by horse hunts.

Choose from our Big Horn Mountain camp based elk hunting on an outstanding 100,000 acre property, with a resident herd of elk numbering somewhere between 600-800 animals. This is a wonderful horseback hunt from our private lodge with sleeping quarters and bath facilities. You can also choose our lodge-based bull elk hunt in the Greys River area in western Wyoming. There you can hunt a resident herd of over 1000 elk that stay all winter on the Forest Park Feed Ground. This location is outside of the wolf recovery zone so they have had no affect on elk populations in this area. For this hunt, you will stay at the very comfortable Box Y Lodge which is the only lodge on the Greys River.

Lifetime Elk Hunting Success rate is 436 guided hunts with 346 elk harvested for a 79% success ratio.

Antelope Hunting
For top quality antelope hunting, you can't beat Wyoming and Montana! This Wyoming Outfitter offer both antelope-only hunts as well as multi-species hunts including antelope hunting. They often see success rates on our Montana and Wyoming antelope hunts of 100%.

They will hunt Antelope in many areas of central and eastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana and offer Pronghorn Antelope Hunting from either motels or camps including both wall tents to lodge camps. Most of the antelope hunts take place on private leases. License draw rates vary from year to year but offer hunts in many areas that draw at 100%. The hunting license application deadline is March 15th of each year.

The numbers and quality of Antelope are so good that in the fall of 2009 they started offering a 2-Buck Antelope hunt. Go to hunt #2 for more information on this hunt

Lifetime Antelope Hunting Success rate is 2274 guided hunts with 2173 harvested bucks for a 96% success ratio

Moose Hunting
This Wyoming outfitter offers Shiras Moose hunting in the famous Greys River area in western Wyoming. The Greys River hunting area is outside of the wolf recovery area so they have not had any impact on hunting. The Greys River contains outstanding hunting for moose, elk and black bears as well as excellent mule deer hunting. The terrain is rugged and although most of the hunts are from horseback. Moose and black bears can be hunted using a vehicle if needed. You will stay at the Box Y Lodge, with its cozy cabins complete with private baths. The Box Y is the only lodge on the Greys River, where a home cooked meal, hot shower and a warm bed awaits you after a long day in the saddle.

Bear Hunting
Wyoming's premier Inland Black bear area is the Greys River country. This area produces mainly color phase Black bears and some big bears with large heads. Black Bears from the Greys River area have had more than a few Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Big Game Trophies awarded to them and their hunter.

This outfitter hunts bears over baits using ground blinds and you won't fight black flies like similar hunts in Canada. The baits are tried and true having produced many Black Bears over the years. They are placed in early spring and then constantly re-supplied to keep the Bears interest. With the use of trail cameras we can monitor the baits and help determine the size, color and number of Bears coming to the bait. You will be hunting at 7,000ft to 8,000ft, in mountainous terrain, these conditions help prevent Greys River Bears from having slipped hides.

These 6-day bear hunts are based out of the scenic and very comfortable Box Y Lodge, the only lodge on the Greys River. The Box Y Lodge consists of a main lodge with dining room where excellent meals are served and a comfortable living room for reading, relaxing or telling stories. The sleeping accommodations consist of cozy cabins with full baths.

The day starts with breakfast at about 8:00am; afterwards your guides will head out and check baits. You are free to fish at the Box Y's private catch and release pond, on the Greys River or just take a drive. The main meal will be served around 3:00 pm and then head out to the baits and get ready for your trophy black bear to arrive. We have baits that can accommodate anyone’s physical ability.

The Outfitter makes the following commitment to you the client:

Provide experienced, knowledgeable, properly equipped guides.
Matching your expectations to the appropriate hunt.
Treating you with dignity and respect.
Engaging in ethical, fair chase hunting practices.
Keeping safety as our primary concern.

Our guarantee cannot extend to:

Weather conditions
•Maintenance of your equipment
•Control over animal behavior
•Your physical condition, shooting ability or eyesight.
•Emergency season closures.

This outfitter is the largest outfitter in Wyoming because they are a hard working, honest outfit that takes pride in their reputation for customer service and high hunter success.

Species Available

Pronghorn Antelope, Rocky Mountain elk, Inland Black bear, Northwestern White-tailed deer, Rocky Mountain Mule deer, Shiras moose

Season(s) and Optimum Dates

Black bear – May and June
White-tailed deer – October
Mule deer – October & November
Elk – September & October
Moose – September & October

See exact season dates listed under Hunting Costs and Lengths.

Gear Recommended

Wyoming WHitetail Hunting Quality hunting demands the best rifles and hunting gear and equipment. Make sure to maximize your enjoyment of your Wyoming or Montana hunting experience by bringing the best rifle and hunting equipment along with you.

Neither Wyoming nor Montana has restrictive laws concerning firearms which may be legally possessed under the laws of your home state. Hunting rifles and other firearms may be carried uncased in vehicles although safety considerations dictate that all firearms in a vehicle should be unloaded with action open.

Legal firearms and rifles for big game or trophy game must have a barrel bore diameter of at least 0.23 inches and be chambered to fire a center fire cartridge not less than two inches overall length including a soft or expanding point bullet seated to a normal depth or any other cartridge authorized by the Commission that has a barrel bore diameter of at least 0.40 inches and a charge of at least 50 grains of black powder or equivalent.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulations (Chapter XXXII) approved the following cartridges for the taking of all big game or trophy game animals:

0.41 Remington Magnum
0.44 Remington Magnum
0.44 Auto Magnum
0.45 Winchester Magnum
0.454 Casull and any cartridge
0.35 caliber or larger which has a factory load available that, according to published ballistic tables of the manufacturer, produces at least 500 ft. lbs. of energy at 100 yards when fired from a handgun. Any firearm meeting the above qualifications is allowed.

Legal Archery Equipment
When Antelope and Deer hunting, the longbow hunter must be equipped with a bow of not less than 40 pounds draw weight or possessing the ability to cast a hunting arrow of 400 grain weight at least 160 yards. When hunting Elk, the bow hunter must be equipped with the longbow of not less than 50 pounds draw weight or possessing the ability to cast a hunting arrow of 500 grain weight at least 160 yards. The crossbow hunter must be equipped with a crossbow of not less than 90 pounds draw weight which has a minimum draw length of 14 inches (from front of bow to back of string in the cocked position), a positive safety mechanism, and which must be cocked by hand without the aid of leverage gaining devices. Cross bow bolts must be at least 16 inches long. The broadhead of arrows or bolts shall be of sharp steel with a minimum cutting width of one inch.

Clothing/Equipment Suggestions

Below are our recommendations for a typical 5-day Wyoming hunting trip. On more lengthy hunts, add a change of clothing for additional comfort. Special attention should be paid to outerwear. These should be a noiseless as possible so please leave clothing made with nylon material at home. Weather is unpredictable and can range from snow and 0 degrees F up to 70 degrees F, so best to be prepared for anything. Please confine personal items to two medium-sized duffel bags and one gun case. This is especially important on wilderness camp hunts.

Clothing

Hat with brim
Stocking cap
Blue jeans, canvas or wool pants
Wool or flannel shirt
Sweaters
Underwear, socks (wool)
Leather boots
Cold weather boots
Camp shoes
Leather gloves, cold weather gloves
Fluorescent orange hunting vest
Rain coat and pants
Cold weather coat
Cool weather coat

Gear

Licenses and Hunter safety certificates
Lightweight day pack
Sleeping Bag (down or fiberfill to 0 degrees F)
Pillow (not required for Hunts 3, 7 and town hunts)
Cartridge holder (prevents shells from clinking on stalk)
Flashlight
Binoculars
Canteen and water bottles
Hunting knife
Rifle
3 boxes ammunition
Soft gun case

Sundries

Toothbrush, towel, washcloth, soap, shampoo
Medicine (aspirin, prescriptions)
Chapstick, sunscreen
Camera, film, batteries
Sunglasses (if prescription, bring extra pair)

Climatic Considerations

The weather can and will have a profound impact on your hunting experience. Please be aware that the outfitter has no control over it! No extra days will be awarded or refunds given due to lost hunting time or season closures caused by Acts of GOD. Any additional costs for motels, meals etc. caused by adverse weather conditions are not the responsibility of the outfitter. You may want to consider trip cancellation insurance.

Difficulty/Health level

Wyoming and Montana’s diverse terrain provides scenic beauty but can test one’s physical abilities. Horses and 4x4 vehicles are used to cover the country, but walking is involved on all hunts. The hunter who has prepared him or herself physically has the edge on scoring a trophy. To make your evenings a time to relax and enjoy your vacation, rather than nursing sore muscles, we suggest you prepare yourself physically for your hunting experience. An exercise program initiated before your hunt will help you considerable while you are on your hunt. Horse hunters (Hunts 3 & 7) are advised to go riding at least twice shortly before the beginning of your hunting trip and deer hunters on Hunt #7 are advised especially to undertake a conditioning program well ahead of your hunt.