There is a lot of private land, but there is also public land access available (State, National Grassland, BLM and 'Access Yes' Programs). There are some areas in eastern WY that offer great deer hunting and can be drawn on second choice (also closer to S Dakota!). There are good mule deer in a number of other areas that you could look at that get less pressure and require less points to draw. They are both very popular with the residents and those guys will be up there scouting and then hunting pretty early. It can affect how much time you can hunt as well as how the big bucks respond to pressure. One thing you have to deal with in G or H is the early rifle start date in both of those units - usually the middle of September. Regions G & H are both very good for big bucks. Looking at the point totals out there for the guys ahead of you, you most likely will never catch up. Probably not worth the effort to build points trying to ever catch up to the crowd. There are only a handful of really good individual units for mule deer and they will take a lot of points to draw. That being said, the mule deer numbers in WY are still in a slump and some areas are in worse shape than others with respect to mule deer numbers. I have seen good mule deer in most every part of WY that I have been in. I have also hunted moose, elk and antelope up there. I have been lucky enough to draw deer tags in WY and hunt in Region H, 102 (when it was really good!), 82, and General tags for around Baggs. It makes a big difference in your opportunities in WY. I would second his choice for CO if I only had one place to hunt mule deer. If I could only choose one place to hunt archery mule deer, it would probably be CO, but I'm very much looking forward to trying out Wyoming too! I have also hunted in CO, NV and UT, which all have their pros and cons. As scrappy mentioned, you can still buy a preference point this year through the end of October, such that you could potentially pull a region H tag by 2018 or so. The limited quota tags will offer less hunting pressure, but may not have the quality or quantity of region G and H.Ĭurrently the region H tag can be had for 2 to 3 points, while the region G tag will take 5-6. The general consensus recently is that the general region G and region H tags are at least as good as the limited quota tags if you are looking purely for size. Wyoming also has both general and limited quota tags. Because of this it makes it relatively difficult to draw a tag since you are competing with all the rifle hunters. In most cases you need to draw an any weapon tag and then for a small extra fee you can hunt the archery season, which comes before the rifle season (usually the special archery season is in September). One thing to consider is that Wyoming doesn't have many (maybe not any?) mule deer tags that are only good for archery. I haven't hunted Wyoming yet, but I've been saving up and hope to cash my 7 points in next year.

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