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2018 Montana Live Elk Hunt Journal
Very nice unique bull! His thirds are as long or longer than his fourths. Curious if he was hanging in the burn when you shot him or passing through? -
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Feeling discouraged.
I think it's safe to say the majority of hunters did not see an elk on rifle opener weekend in Montana. I was at 8,000 ft and spooked a couple cows on the north face of ridge. That was it for me after covering over 20 miles. You are not doing anything wrong, we need the weather to change... -
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Mountain Bikes in Wild Places
Mountain bikers in Montana are HUGE contributors in the effort to improve and maintain trails for multiple use. The supervisor's office of the Lolo/Bitterroot/Helena/Custer-Gallatin/Beaverhead-Dearlodge National Forest would happily confirm as such. Further, open the link below for a visual...- mgiuliani
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- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Dillon, Montana Elk Units 328, 329, 302
All three districts hold a good number of elk and hunters. I would keep your focus on finding good access points, being the early bird, hunting the middle of the week and going further than other hunters. As for the terrain, my experience is you'll need to hunt it first to pattern and locate... -
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Serious Elk Hunting Boots
Schnee's Beartooth Insulated. Love these boots. -
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2017 Idaho Bull
Dandy bull. Fantastic first bull. Freakishly good shot in my opinion. Curious what scope you are running? I had several bulls in a herd at that distance earlier this season and tried to get closer and of course they spooked. -
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Long Brow Bull
Had a great hunt last week with some fresh tracking snow. This bull announced himself with several bugles. Very strange behavior for the second week of November. He is also unusual in that his left brow-tine is 19”. A wise old elk hunter once told me that it took him on average about 50... -
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Tminus 5 days who's excited
Same plan as bobbydean! First legal bull in the crosshairs! Good luck out there! -
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Mt hd 281
With 3 big fires burning north of Highway 200 I'm interested in commentary from guys who are normally hunting this area right now or plan on hunting it in rifle season. I'd be in the latter group. All public access to 281 is currently closed. Looks like the moisture (knock twice on wood) we... -
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Mountain Biking / Backcountry
Thought I would bump this thread to see if anyone has changed seats or gained new mountain bike hunting experiences. Any successful bike-hunts last season? Fortunate enough to say I hit pay dirt off my bike last fall (rifle/bull). One thing I can say was a HUGE advantage for bikes last season...- mgiuliani
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- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Boots.
I wear a 14 wide as well and went with Schnee's Beartooth. Buying this boot at their shop in Bozeman, MT was worthwhile. I have a wonky foot and they punched out a tight spot for me once I committed to purchasing the boots. Very high quality durable boot, I've used for 2 seasons so far with... -
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Anyone seeing any rut action going on?
The one buck we saw and killed was rutting hard. My buddies first shot at him missed and he didn't even skip a beat in concentrating on rounding up his does which led to the second and lethal shot. -
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Crap Weather Success
Browning X-bolt, 300 WSM, 180g Nosler Partition, Leupold VX-3 CTD. Love this setup. Cranked up the dial to 450 yards and held right on him! -
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Crap Weather Success
We already had our days off for a long weekend of hunting and we're not happy about the conditions but hunting hard pays off! Very happy to take this bull about 6 miles in. Sealed the deal with a 470 yard shot in a burned area with thick standing dead lodgepole. There were a few fists pumps... -
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Crap Weather Strategy
The extended forecast for all of Montana is warm and dry... in other words crappy. Interested in others strategy on warm sunny days when the elk have already been shot at and are on high alert. I'm sure glassing, glassing, glassing tops the list which is at the top of mine as well. Another I...
