How did you do last year in Colorado? I am from Minot and hunted the Craig area 15 years ago. What was the hunting reassure like in the 3rd season? See decent amount of elk? Looking to head there this fall. I have been hunting in MT the past 14 years, no tag this year so we are heading back...
Rent horses and take the plunge. At $500 for 2 weeks you will get access to as far back as you want to go. In Mt look up Big Sky Horses out of Townsen.
If you want to spend money on a nice trail ride, go to the Bob! If you want to see elk stay the hell out of the Bob. Look at success rates and you will see that they are nonexistent. The Bob was world class 20 years ago. Between wolves and lack of vegetation, the elk numbers are minimal...
007-00 Not valid on National Forest lands or CMR Refuge. Valid in all Region 7 HDs. (You can rifle hunt with this tag, you cannot hunt National Forest land)
798-01 doesn’t exist this year.
799-00 Only valid in HDs 702, 704 and 705 (Open to all land in these 3 units.)
700-00 is valid only in...
When calling, i simply keep it I’m my mouth/teeth. Knowing that I want to move at a slow pace, the Reel Call works great.
If you are hunting in wolf country, elk won’t respond to bugles, cow calling works the best.
https://www.reelgamecalls.com/
These calls are error free. Start with one of these and then advance to a reed call if you want, or just be satisfied with what works!
Basics of calling. Call 2 times Waite 5 then move. Think of it as ringing a door bell. 1st ring gets their attention, 2nd...
Get your check book ready!!!!!
I had the tag in 05, scouted my butt off. Found elk, always on private and all had a price tag. Shot a small 6x6 after hunting 14 days. Seen elk 6 of the 14, had locals help on the scouting in July and August.
You have drawn 2 years too late. The RMEF...
To relax, take him to Norris and hit the Hot Springs, live band every Thursday-Saturday. Hit Old Faithful and skip the rest of the YNP crap. Museums and Micro Brews will fill up the rest of you off days.
Boots are going to be your #1 item. I own Kenetreks and Danner. The Kenetreks are a great boot for side hilling and all around mountain boot. Understand that when they say it may take 50-70 miles to break them in, this is a low estimate.
I use the Danner Vital for my standard walking boot...
Swarovski has a new dS Scope 5x25 x 52, complete digital adjustment based on synced up data. For the low low cost of $4,495. It won’t take long for states to outlaw these. When you can’t use Luma Nocks in MT for fear of giving too much advantage to the hunter, these will be outlawed in no time.
NR - Lived in western MT for years now moved out of state.
As a sportsman I will always trust other sportsmen to support each other. The best hunts I have ever experience didn't involve killing anything. No one is expecting a "gift" on forums like this, only simple information that can be...