Thread: USA Hunting 2024

I expect to be spending time in a tree stand in the South Carolina salt marshes in October.

Smallest variety of Whitetail in the US but anytime hunting in a foreign land is time well spent

Originally Posted by Fee Knicks

I expect to be spending time in a tree stand in the South Carolina salt marshes in October.

Smallest variety of Whitetail in the US but anytime hunting in a foreign land is time well spent

That sounds bloody interesting. I've only hunted the western states but keen to head east one day for a new experience.

Idaho was my home hunting state. Good to hunt.
I giggle when people here say “golly gee, I wish we managed our game like you do in the states”
My response…
“Oh yeah? You wanna be able to shoot 1 deer for during one week each year??!!”
Y’all have fun over there.
Bothe the super complicated super cool super ‘merica tag lottery systems of Washington and Idaho blew a gasket this year and told thousands of people they got a great tag when they actually didn’t. I just got a buncha mail from merica and apparently I drew a buncha tags when I didn’t even apply or have a license.

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Idaho was my home hunting state. Good to hunt.
I giggle when people here say “golly gee, I wish we managed our game like you do in the states”
My response…
“Oh yeah? You wanna be able to shoot 1 deer for during one week each year??!!”
Y’all have fun over there.
Bothe the super complicated super cool super ‘merica tag lottery systems of Washington and Idaho blew a gasket this year and told thousands of people they got a great tag when they actually didn’t. I just got a buncha mail from merica and apparently I drew a buncha tags when I didn’t even apply or have a license.

Having worked in game management in a couple of Eu countries I thought some of our ways were bad enough, the US system would drive me nuts.

Cheers. Ill be hunting private land this time. Did a swap hunt with a Member of the forum.

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....new-nz-100704/

I may need some advice and suggestions for hunting WY at some stage if you don’t mind mate.

Currently up to 6 points for elk, deer and antelope in WY.

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

I may need some advice and suggestions for hunting WY at some stage if you don’t mind mate.

Currently up to 6 points for elk, deer and antelope in WY.

Holler if you have any questions, I've lived in Wyoming my entire life and have been hunting for 25+ years.

Originally Posted by Carl 9.3x62

Holler if you have any questions, I've lived in Wyoming my entire life and have been hunting for 25+ years.

Thats a great offer Carl.

I'll be in southern WY in a couple of weeks hunting the youth only opener with my son in elk area 21. Have you hunted this area?

Originally Posted by cb14

Thats a great offer Carl.

I'll be in southern WY in a couple of weeks hunting the youth only opener with my son in elk area 21. Have you hunted this area?

Awesome, good luck to you guys! No I haven't hunted 21, but the Sierra madre mountains have a lot of elk. I have hunted antelope north east of Baggs and have seen elk, don't don't write off the lower country. I need to take advantage of those youth seasons and take my kids over there. There is a youth only deer season as well in that region.

Originally Posted by Carl 9.3x62

Awesome, good luck to you guys! No I haven't hunted 21, but the Sierra madre mountains have a lot of elk. I have hunted antelope north east of Baggs and have seen elk, don't don't write off the lower country. I need to take advantage of those youth seasons and take my kids over there. There is a youth only deer season as well in that region.

Thanks Carl.

Yeah, I considered that deer tag around Baggs for my son last year but skipped it due to the bad winter. My son did get an H regional tag but didn't see any shooters.

@cb14 Are there any states where we could purchase OTC tags for mule or white tail bucks as a non resident?

Originally Posted by Boar Freak

@cb14 Are there any states where we could purchase OTC tags for mule or white tail bucks as a non resident?

Not in the states that I hunt, maybe in the east but I’m not familiar with those. There are states that don’t have preference points which means your odds are the same as the other applicants, like New Mexico and Idaho. But the odds aren’t great.

Same in my case - I certainly am able to shoot deer , but I like to sit in a stand and watch them do deer things. And see the squirrels and the birds and all the wee creatures that you miss when you are walking .

Theres way more to hunting than killing deer , in my opinion. Specially in another country,

Originally Posted by Fee Knicks

Same in my case - I certainly am able to shoot deer , but I like to sit in a stand and watch them do deer things. And see the squirrels and the birds and all the wee creatures that you miss when you are walking .

Theres way more to hunting than killing deer , in my opinion. Specially in another country,

I think I get your meaning and I respect it, but you're not really hunting if you don't kill.

I am also not a fan of dropping a tame whitetail doe on a farm, but doing a DIY trip taking horses into Wyoming grizzly country for a week and killing a big 6 point elk in remote wilderness is a different experience.

I know exactly what your saying cb14

Last year on a side trip from Texas to the Rockies in Colorado. Not the sort of sign a nieve boy from down under is used to !