Last Chance to Apply for Wyoming Antelope and Deer

The deadline is approaching to apply for Wyoming antelope and deer licenses for 2017. Applications must be submitted by May 31. If you’d like to hunt in Wyoming this year, now is the time to plan your hunt!

In most of our antelope hunting units, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has increased license numbers for the 2017 season due to healthy herds, high fawn recruitment and low winter-kill. The harsh winter at high elevations in w[...]

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Spring Bear Hunting Preview

The spring bear hunting season in Wyoming is almost here. Our guides are already hard at work getting ready for our first hunters to arrive next month. The lodge is being prepared, bait sites are active and we’re excited to see what starts showing up on the trail cameras soon!

After a particularly long winter in the high country, snowpack levels are higher than normal. There’s still a great deal of snow up high, which will certainly[...]

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Spring Training: Start Working Toward Your 2017 Hunt

Hunting seasons are less than five months away and that means it’s time to get in gear! If you aren’t already working at it, don’t wait any longer to begin spring training for your fall hunt.

Our Wyoming and Montana hunting trips have widely varying physical requirements. From ranches with good vehicle access, all the way to the high country hunts near timberline, the needs are different. But there should be one consistent goal ac[...]

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Excellent Antelope Conditions and Increased License Numbers

This year in Wyoming, much of the talk has been about severe winter conditions at high elevations in the western part of the state. But while certain areas in the high country have received heavy snow, it’s a far different story over on the eastern flank of the Rockies and across the plains.

Amid the buzz about a rough winter for high country mule deer, we are currently anticipating one of our best years for antelope in recent history[...]

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Meet Our Hunting Guides: Ralph Hlebak

We can’t emphasize enough how fortunate we are to have some of the very best hunting guides in the business. Over the years, many of our clients become repeat clients, who then become close friends, thanks to the care and hard work of our guides and other staff.

Ralph Hlebak is a perfect example of one of those guides who goes out of his way to giv[...]

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Schedule of Shows and Events in 2017

Over the next couple of months, we will be attending a handful of events and Safari Club chapter banquets. If you plan to be at any of the following, be sure to track us down and say hello! SNS Outfitter, Sy Gilliland will be at the following events:

Safari Club Miami Chapter: February 11 National Wild Turkey Federation Convention: February 15 – 1[...]
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Merry Christmas from Your Friends at SNS in Wyoming

As we find ourselves at the end of another year, it’s fun reflecting on all the great memories from our camps throughout this hunting season. We are grateful for another year of safe and memorable adventures. And for all of you who make it possible! Thank you for hunting with us in 2016 and we look forward to meeting many of you again – and some o[...]

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Don’t Miss the Wyoming Elk Hunting Application Deadline

Before the holiday break, we wanted to provide a quick reminder about the quickly approaching Wyoming elk hunting application deadline. If you’re interested in hunting elk in Wyoming next season, you must apply before the end of January!

We have a couple of great opportunities available here at SNS Outfitter and Guides:

First, we’d encoura[...]

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Meet the Jackson Hole Outfitters Staff: Mark and Jan Gibbons

We say it all the time, but it can’t be over-emphasized. The outstanding people here at SNS Outfitter and Guides are what help make this organization special. Our staff and guides work tirelessly to make sure that each of our clients has a memorable experience.

You can find a perfect example of that care and commitment at our Jackson Hole Outfitters Camp. Mark and Jan Gibbons have been welcoming guests to our horseback riding and hunt[...]

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