Stock tracks suck on snow in my experience, I've slid down multiple snow covered hills. Now they do make a snow track for them and that does change the experience quite a bit. But a chained up wheeled skid loader will walk circles around a tracked one in the snow.
I use to get tires there to, until I priced tires at Lisac's tires in Anaconda, they beat Discount's prices, they also have a store in Butte. If they don't have what you're looking for, they can get it pretty quick.
It's a 1995, has the country package and it sits on a 6" lift, still have to do the slip yoke eliminator kit on it and eventually regear and bigger tires.
At least it happened before season started, but I heard a noise coming from the front and the dang hub bearing was going out, then while under there, I checked the ball joints and sure enough, loose, along with both tie rod ends...so I tore it apart and replacing all of the junk with new junk...
I'll heat water in a old turkey fryer pot, then I'll drop in a 12 volt boat bilge pump hooked up to a 8' hose and I have an old rv shower head attached to it, and I wired in a long set of wires so I can either run it off the truck or the atv. But I much prefer my Arctic fox travel trailer shower.
Archery antelope, August 15th
Drew a Montana moose tag and that opens for archery September 6th
and of course, if a bull elk walks in front of me while moose hunting, that starts September 6th.
Two weeks ago, my son decides to head out to see if he can find a bear to kill, he calls me and says he's stuck, tells me, I can drive almost to where he is, says he can't get it out. Mind you, he has a six inch lift on his Jeep and has a 10k winch on the front and all the gear he needs. He...
I drew a 341-50 moose tag, I seen the email from FWP, opened it and couldn't believe it, so I went onto the fish and game site, and sure enough, I got it. I never thought in my life time I'd draw a moose tag here, especially with only nine points, but I guess miracles happen...maybe I should go...
My suburban was the best vehicle I've owned and spent many nights in it camping, bought a 5'x10' trailer and hauled my Honda foreman and my coolers. Did a lot of out of state hunts with that set up.
Depends on the hunt location for me, I have a topper on the truck which I will sleep in, but depends on the hunt. I also have a 30' travel trailer which I use for the later season hunts and love it, I also have a wall tent, which I use for when I can't get the truck and or trailer into where I...
https://www.montanaoutdoor.com/2023/01/brett-french-reports-nonresident-hunting-license-sales-climb-despite-cap/
Here is a small story about how many NR licenses have been sold
I have a on board battery tender from noco, my truck doesn't move much and the 5x2 charges and keeps the batteries in good shape. Now if I didn't do that, I'd probably have had to change them by now.
I just had to replace the batteries in my truck, I noticed it was starting slower than normal. I went to go to work last week Monday, and all it did was went click, I guess that's what I get for being cheap and not buying new ones. But luckily it happened between the archery and general season...
With the heavy hunting pressure we get here during the general season, bulls are quiet, especially on public lands, and as such, I leave the bugle tube home and only cow call.
You'll have to go to the national forest website and look up what national forest you'll be in and it should say there, but it is also dependent on whether they can get to said roads because of snow depth.
In my experience, most bulls and cows will be on private and places most people won't be when the orange army starts. I see this happening towards the end of archery season as we get over ran with people, and when the orange army arrives, it's a complete shit show. Now will there be elk around...
I shot a 5x5 two years ago, two times with my 7 mag in the heart and lungs, it kept running like nothing happened, it did drop about 50 yards away, but at first I thought I missed cause it didn't flinch or anything. Now the bull I shot last fall, hit it in the neck and dropped it in it's tracks...