This outfitter offers guided trophy mule deer hunts in backcountry in western Wyoming. Hunter success is high on 24 to 28-inch bucks, and there are bigger bucks in the area. Every year some bucks with racks 30 to 36 inches wide are taken in this area. Typicals in the 180 to 200 class and non-typicals in the 200 to 250 class are taken yearly. This outfitter loves hunting big muleys and usually produces a success rate of 80 percent or more. This part of Wyoming produces some of the biggest bucks in the state.
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| Hunt |
Price per person |
| 5-day guided horseback hunt |
$3,450 with two hunters per guide
$4,450 with one hunter per guide |
| Lodging/meals |
Hunter success |
| Back-country tent quarters and camp meals |
Typically 80 to 100% of hunters will take a buck. In 2004 five of six hunters scored. |
| Travel |
Licenses |
| Fly to Salt Lake City, Idaho Falls or Jackson, WY, and rent a car for the drive to southwestern Wyoming |
You must draw a tag in an annual computer lottery Applications must arrive in Cheyenne by March 15. In 2006 the state will start issuing preference points, so you should be able to do this hunt within three years at the latest if you apply in '06. Click here for details. |
| Deposit |
Trophy size |
| $1,000 deposit required. If you don't draw a tag in '06, it will be returned, or you can apply it toward a hunt in '07. |
This range produces some of the state's biggest mule deer. Most hunters see 25 to 28-inchers, and there are bucks scoring 180 to 200 typical points and 200 to 250 non-typical points taken yearly in this region. In 2004 he produced the biggest buck in the state. He has filmed bucks as wide as 35 inches. |
| Season |
Area |
| Typically starts about Sept. 20 and runs through early Oct. |
Mountainous terrain between Afton and Pinedale Wyoming |
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