It is possible to hunt both, but i would not do it. I hunted unit 93 in 2012 and found a lot of antelope near Fontanelle Res. area and never saw a deer. I think you would need to move camp into the Wyoming range to get into better deer country. I would focus on one animal at a time and make the most of your points and enjoy the hunt. Having two tags in your pocket can put unwanted pressure on a hunter. It will be many years before you can hunt that area again for deer and antelope.
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Interesting, my brother from Illinois and I are looking over the same combo. He's had antelope 93 and deer G tags before, but never the same year and before the two hunt seasons overlapped.
First, I have to commend the WY Game & Fish for extending the antelope season so it coincides with deer and elk. Something we've been lobbying for a long time. It's only been that way for a few years now. And hey, hunting is a game animal population management tool so what difference does it make if you "manage" antelope populations another month longer thru October 31st? There's still the same number of tags.
Like provoflyfisher said I'm not a fan of hunting more than one big game species at the same time although if I was a nonresident and drew antelope 93 and deer G the same year I might change my mind. And the way the nonres point creep is going in Wyoming, the 93/G might be a once-in-a-lifetime combination.
Antelope and mule deer often share the same habitat and where the sagebrush steppe meets the aspen/serviceberry country is, IMO, the best habitat combination. As far as close to the Wasatch Front goes, the 93/G combo is probably the best and then 98/G, and 100/K running close behind.
I can't count the number of days I've spent in the 93/135 combo. There are places up there where, if you know where to go, you can run into antelope, deer, elk, moose, sage grouse, pine grouse and ducks all on the same hike. You might even see a wolf if you get far enough away from the main roads.
I could get you down to a couple hundred yards of a antelope/deer combos in 93/135 that took me 30 years or more of hard walking to find, but I won't.
My picks:
Good grief, I'm bailing out of this thread before I start posting pictures.
Good luck
First, I have to commend the WY Game & Fish for extending the antelope season so it coincides with deer and elk. Something we've been lobbying for a long time. It's only been that way for a few years now. And hey, hunting is a game animal population management tool so what difference does it make if you "manage" antelope populations another month longer thru October 31st? There's still the same number of tags.
Like provoflyfisher said I'm not a fan of hunting more than one big game species at the same time although if I was a nonresident and drew antelope 93 and deer G the same year I might change my mind. And the way the nonres point creep is going in Wyoming, the 93/G might be a once-in-a-lifetime combination.
Antelope and mule deer often share the same habitat and where the sagebrush steppe meets the aspen/serviceberry country is, IMO, the best habitat combination. As far as close to the Wasatch Front goes, the 93/G combo is probably the best and then 98/G, and 100/K running close behind.
I can't count the number of days I've spent in the 93/135 combo. There are places up there where, if you know where to go, you can run into antelope, deer, elk, moose, sage grouse, pine grouse and ducks all on the same hike. You might even see a wolf if you get far enough away from the main roads.
I could get you down to a couple hundred yards of a antelope/deer combos in 93/135 that took me 30 years or more of hard walking to find, but I won't.
My picks:
- Where the BLM meets the National Forest on the Hams Fork
- The south end of Commissary Ridge on BLM
- Along Oyster Ridge east of Commissary Ridge on BLM
Good grief, I'm bailing out of this thread before I start posting pictures.
Good luck
So the next day, Oct 2nd, I go up after the big buck. I gotta cow/calf elk tag in my pocket. I walk all day; can't find the big buck. On the walk out I run into a small herd of elk and I picked on a nice fat calf. A herd of antelope stood on the hill above grazing and watching me as I field dressed the elk:
Same place:
Leave me alone.
Same place:
Leave me alone.
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