Wyoming offers the ultimate in big game hunting, with abundant populations of whitetail elk, deer, moose, buffalo, bighorn sheep and antelope. Hunting for whitetail in beautiful Northwest Wyoming on horseback offers the hunter an better chance of bringing back a prize, and most outfitters have pack-in camps located in some of the United States' most breathtaking country.
The public lands in Wyoming are many and varied, from small campgrounds on the North Platte River and managed campsites at the base of the Wind River Mountains to the 2,500-acre Alcova Reservoir with its six campgrounds and great fishing. Most impressive is the Bighorn National Forest, which covers a whopping 1,107,671 acres of north-central Wyoming (information on this stupendous national park is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/bighorn/).
Wyoming offers some of the highest bull to cow ratios, allowing hunters to hunt elk with a rifle right in the midst of the rut during the peak of the bugling season. There are almost always accessible resident herds of elk to hunt, freeing hunters from migrational patterns. The most plentiful big game species in Wyoming, however, are mule deer, with in-season mule bucks getting as large as 300 pounds. Hunting a mature mule buck can be a real challenge - they're crafty animals, with hightly developed sense - making for a rewarding hunt.
Wyoming is justly famous for it antelope hunting, and hunters have sometimes seen hundreds of antelopes on one trip, with some buck reaching over 15 inches. It's a highly challenging hunt, as well - weighing between 100 and 140 pounds, a trophy buck can smell a predator from over a mile away if the wind is right and run over 65 miles per hour. They also travel in large herds, with as many as a dozen or more does surrounding one buck. They're beautiful trophy, offering an exciting hunting experience.
For big game hunting at its absolute best, there's little to rival Wyoming's big horn sheep. In fact, the largest herd of bighorn sheep in the world winters near Dubois, Wyoming. But be warned - hunting bighorn sheep is not for the weak of spirit or the flabby of body - the terrain you'll be walking is steep, rocky and cold, making hunting bighorn sheep in Wyoming one of the most physically taxing hunts you can attempt.
With so much to offer the sportsman, Wyoming is a hunting destination that should be at the top of your list. Hunting big game in Wyoming offers excitement, adventure and some of the biggest and best trophy animals in the United States.