three-species \u201ctrifecta\u201d tag<\/a>.<\/p>\nTrifecta winner is allowed to pick any three of 10 big game and trophy game species in Wyoming. Those include Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, Shiras moose, elk, mountain goat, mule deer or white-tailed deer, bison, pronghorn, mountain lion, wolf and black bear.<\/p>\n
For his trifecta, Miller selected mountain goat, bighorn sheep and moose.<\/p>\n
Winning a Super Tag drawing does not count against preference points hunters have built up for future tag drawings for certain species.<\/p>\n
Miller said he already had numerous points built up for a moose tag, and will probably try drawing another one in years to come.<\/p>\n
As far as the bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts, \u201cthose were once-in-a-lifetime for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Four Hunts, Four Successes<\/p>\n
During all his hunts, Miller carried his father Scott\u2019s .300 Winchester Magnum rifle. And he didn\u2019t skimp on ammunition when it came time for target practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI put 100 to 200 rounds through that rifle over the summer. So I knew if I missed anything, it was because of me, and not the gun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
His first success came on Aug. 1, when he shot a nice bighorn sheep ram in the remote Francs Peak area in northwest Wyoming.<\/p>\n
He was helped on that hunt by close friends Josh, McCoy and Jhett Longwell.<\/p>\n
They went in wondering how many grizzlies they\u2019d encounter.<\/p>\n
In late summer, Francs Peak is veritable grizzly magnet. The bears gather on the mountain to gorge on migrating moths. The moths take shelter under rocks at high altitudes, right\u00a0where\u00a0the bighorn sheep usually are.<\/p>\n
However, \u201cwe saw only one grizzly up there,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
Next came a mountain goat hunt in the Beartooth mountains, with help from friends Meade Dominick, John Foos, and John Bitner.<\/p>\n
The goat was one the smaller side, \u201cthe least-trophy\u201d of the game he bagged during his incredible season.<\/p>\n
However, \u201cthe trophy is in the eye of the hunter,\u201d and Miller was satisfied in that regard.<\/p>\n
Plus, \u201cthe really huge Billy goats were way up the mountains, in places I wasn\u2019t sure I wanted to try going,\u201d he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n
In October, he veered away from his trifecta hunts to go after elk in Northwest Wyoming.<\/p>\n
He ended up shooting a bull that exceeded his expectations.<\/p>\n
Initial measurements according to the time-honored Boone and Crockett trophy scoring system, the bull had a gross score of over 380\u00a0inches\u00a0and 372 net.<\/p>\n
Bulls in the 370-inch range are rare in Wyoming.<\/p>\n
![\"Nate](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Trifecta-Moose-family-1.10.26.jpg\")
Nate Miller of Thermopolis said the support of his wife, Andrea and their children, Avi, Abria and Elijah was a huge part of his wildly successful 2025 hunting season. (Courtesy Nate Miller)Mighty Moose<\/p>\n
Filling the moose tag took a bit more time, over the course of three trips to the Snowy Range mountains in southeast Wyoming.<\/p>\n
The Snowies are home to one of the Wyoming\u2019s most robust moose population, which is known to produce huge bulls.<\/p>\n
Aided by his father and Cody Tully, Miller found one bull moose after another.<\/p>\n
Many of those bulls were giants, but Miller refrained from pulling the trigger. He was holding out for something exceptional.<\/p>\n
His chance finally came during a whirlwind trip to the Snowies on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI drove down there at 1 a.m., because I\u2019d\u00a0spent\u00a0Halloween with my kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Shiras moose, which populate the Lower 48 and parts of Canada, are smaller than Alaska moose.<\/p>\n
But for the sub-species, Miller\u2019s bull was something else.<\/p>\n
Boone and Crockett measurements for moose are \u201creally complex\u201d but the preliminary verdict is that his bull will come in at 165 to 180 inches, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will go into the record books for Shiras moose for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Miller\u00a0is\u00a0having shoulder mounts made of all his trophies from the 2025 season. The mounts are being done by Cedar Mountain Taxidermy in Cody, owned by Donny and Rachel Paul.<\/p>\n
Rachel Paul told Cowboy State Daily that it was amazing to see Miller\u2019s trophies come through the door, during what was already a busy taxidermy season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been slammed\u201d with orders, she said.<\/p>\n
When asked which of the animals was the most impressive from a taxidermist\u2019s point of view, Paul didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n
\u201cHands down, the moose. It might be the biggest Shiras moose we\u2019ve ever seen since we\u2019ve been in business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Given the sheer volume of orders, Miller will have to be patient, she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have about a year turnaround time. He\u2019ll probably get his animals back right about hunting season,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Know-How, Faith Family And Friends<\/p>\n
Miller said that like any hunter, he dreamed of drawing the trifecta. But he didn\u2019t realize how daunting it would be.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t understand the anxiety that came with the gravity of it once you draw it,\u201d and\u00a0must cram\u00a0three top-tier hunts into a single season.<\/p>\n
He said that his previous experience in hunting, and being humble enough to ask for a hand, led to his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cA big part of it is knowledge. Understanding your capabilities and not being afraid to ask for help,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
Faith and family played a role too, he added.<\/p>\n
I would like to thank my savior, Jesus Christ, for blessing me with the opportunity to hunt the trifecta, and my wife Andrea for supporting me and taking care of the house and kids so I could chase my dreams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
And as far as joking about selling his rifles and retiring from hunting?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not going to happen, Miller said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis past hunting season definitely will not be topped. But I will enjoy trying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mark Heinz can be reached at mark@cowboystatedaily.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As if drawing the coveted Wyoming Super Tag \u2018trifecta\u2019 hunting tag last spring wasn\u2019t enough, Nate Miller of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-400790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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In addition to his trifecta of bighorn sheep, mountain goat and moose, Nate Miller of Thermopolis got this bull elk in north-central Wyoming. The bull could score in the 370-inch range, truly remarkable for Wyoming. (Courtesy Nate Miller)The Trifecta, Every Hunter\u2019s Dream<\/p>\n