Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - December 2018

WYOMING WHITETAIL BY WADE MIDDLETON

Last spring while on a slow turkey hunt in Texas I was daydreaming about other hunts from the past and while in one of those dreams it dawned on me that it had been far too long since I had hunted Wyoming and made a note to change that. Upon returning home from that very slow turkey hunt I picked up the phone and called Caleb Sutton at World Wide Trophy Adventures and asked him for insight into anything new he’d found in that area it didn’t take him long to tell me of his experience at Four Horse Outfitters just outside of Giddings, Wyoming the year before. He quickly texted me a photo of a buck he’d taken (see below) and gave me details and I said sign me up I’m in. Little did I know this location he recommended was far more than just an outfitting operation.

To set the stage for this hunt (after securing dates and a tag) I began to correspond with Fonzy Has- kell who heads up the outfitting of the hunts on the property. He was very quick to reply and helpful in what to expect and how we’d hunt. Since I’d not hunted with them before, I always appreciate that type of quick and informative response. Travel wise I’d chosen to fly into Denver and drive northward to the ranch. Upon arrival there I was greeted by Matt and Anna Burch part of the family that owns the ranching and hunting operations at their house, as well as our guide Terry Walker. In addition to meeting all of those great folks I also met several other ranch hands who’d just came in from a long day working cattle. When they say working cattle there theymean it, the old fashioned way, as I was now smack dab in the middle of an operation that covers well over 300,000 acres that they hunt and work cattle on. That’s a lot of land by any body’s standards. After a big dinner and lots of talking about those various topics you tend to just ramble about at any camp, it was time to call it a day and wait for the hunt to begin.

Caleb Sutton poses with his Wyoming Buck.