Quick Tips
- Be sure to call and check with the Wyoming Game and Fish office to ensure the hunt area is still open
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This hunting area is found in the southwest corner of the state, south of Rock Springs and Green River. This unit does not have your typical bear habitat. Although almost 75% of this unit is public land, most of it is badlands. There are some bears in this unit, but not enough for a nonresident to choose this unit over others that the state has to offer. Although almost 75% of this unit is public land, most of it is badlands.
Most bears are taken during the spring in this unit.
This unit consists almost entirely of sagebrush badlands. There are a few pockets with timber in the southern portion of this unit, on Pine Mountain and Little Mountain.
As already stated, this area is almost all sagebrush badlands. There is not much else in this unit, other than a few small sections of timber on Pine Mountain and Little Mountain.
Almost 75% of this unit is public land, however, almost 100% of that land is not typical bear habitat. Hunters will find bears on Pine Mountain or Little Mountain; access to these mountains is very good.
Accommodations are pretty limited in this unit; Rock Springs or Green River are really your only options, both with hotels and grocery stores. As for camping, since both mountains are located on BLM land, you can set up a campsite anywhere. There are small pockets of state land on these mountains -keep in mind that you can’t camp overnight on state land.
Roughly 1,210 square miles
77.2% public land
Elevations range from 6,100 - 9,500 feet
Use of maps, a GPS, or a compass are recommended
Hotels located in Rock Springs or Green River
Can’t camp overnight on state land