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    First Bugles of the Fall

    I will never take for granted the first bugles of the fall....it's just magical. Incredibly blessed to live so close to some of the best elk country Montana has to offer. The magic began yesterday evening 9/2/26. Two different bulls bugling - one off by himself tearing up every tree/shrub he...
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    Montana Moose

    Congrats on the tag. I would pack up the truck and drive if it were me. Exceptionally difficult area to hunt because logging essentially ended in the early 2000's and all those clearcuts are grown over. The district is crawling with wolves and grizzly bears as well so be prepared for grizzly...
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    The Great HT 2026 weigh in.

    Just stumbled onto this thread and wanted to thank all, er, most of you for some inspiration! Congrats to those setting goals and going after them. I have loose goals and am making small amounts of progress towards them. Sugar is my Achilles. I eat maybe half the amount of food I used to eat but...
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    Wildlife Crossings work well.

    Thanks for posting this. Wildlife crossings have been my life's work for over 30 years now. As a wildlife biologist my interest has always been in helping wildlife navigate our nations complex network of roadways and other infrastructure. With the death of a close friend from an animal/vehicle...
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    Question for the bios out there.

    I am a bio who studied elk/deer on their winter range back in the day. I always encourage people to avoid known winter ranges until spring green-up even during mild winters like this one. We still have a lot of winter left and if the snow/cold patterns change, we could still see weeks of brutal...
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    The Big Snip - How bad is it?

    Had mine done about 25 years ago. I remember it well. Had the doc give me a goofy pill to calm my nerves and the two of us were laughing and telling jokes through the whole procedure! When done he had me put a death grip on my little fella for about 15 minutes - I guess like any wound you put...
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    rifle for beginner/youth- bolt? single shot? other?

    My boys all started out with a Remington Model 7 Youth Rifle in 7MM-08. I love that gun and have used it myself to take several deer and antelope (although it doesn't really fit me). The gun is light and well suited for smaller statured people. I have loaned it out to friends when their...
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    SOLD......WTS: Maven B.1 Binoculars 10x42

    Selling my lightly used Maven B.1 10x42 binoculars. I purchased these binoculars directly from Maven about 5 or 6 years ago and have never used them in the field. They have been in my house or truck the entire time I have owned them and I use them exclusively for glassing wildlife from the truck...
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    Which slope to start with?

    As a common rule of thumb, your north facing slopes are typically wetter and will have heavier stands of timber where elk go for security and bedding. The south facing slopes will be your warmer/drier slopes with more open grassland habitat where elk will often feed. There are exceptions and...
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    Elkhorn 380-20 tag

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    Montana HD 380 - Elkhorn Mountains

    Congrats on drawing the 380 tag. Happy to help if I can. Shoot me a PM if you want. Mark
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    Montana HB - 462: Worth your time Marijuana Taxes & Access

    Thank you, Randy! I'm now sitting in the chairperson seat for FWP's Region 4 CAC. We have a meeting this Thursday where we will discuss this legislation and other proposed bills. We disccused the potential for this back in December and had strong consensus against it. I have borrowed your list...
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    Reconyx Representative Needed

    Update - we were able to work through the issues with Reconyx customer service reps and we now have the cameras we ordered with installation to occur next week. I'm really hoping we don't have the same issues identified by Redmt in this thread. We shall see...
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    Reconyx Representative Needed

    All, My project team is having a very difficult time getting a bulk order of Reconyx game cameras directly from Reconyx and we are hitting a dead end with customer service. Is there a rep on Hunt Talk forums that someone could point me to? I'm just hoping that a representative could help with...
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    The nature of antlers

    I had the good fortune of working for a few days (during hunting season) in a remote Alaskan village about 10 years ago. While there, I drove by the landfill each day and was shocked to see very large moose antlers in the dump. The locals were clearly not interested in keeping the antlers - it...
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    Fenwick Rods

    Funny you should say that as I just took my new St Croix out two nights ago. I heard great things about their warranty program and my son loves his so I splurged on one for myself. If Fenwick ever gets off the pot and warranties my broken one, I will have two good options.
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    Fenwick Rods

    This is a long shot on here as the fishing forum doesn't get near the traffic of other forums, but here goes. I have a one year old Fenwick spinning rod that I received as a gift from my boys last Father's Day. I like the rod a lot but the other week it simply snapped in half under...
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    Elk Cam Pics 2022

    I have hauled my laptop up the mountain also. A buddy takes a 35mm camera with him and puts the SD card in it to view photos and video - works well for him.
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    Elk Cam Pics 2022

    Are you scouting to find a particular bull to focus on or is this area new and you are just trying to get a feel for what is in there? Since you plan to check these cameras often, I would use the video setting on your camera and get some short video clips - those are always more interesting and...
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    North Idaho Whitetail Rut

    I would second these dates. All of my largest whitetail bucks from NW Montana have been harvested in this window. Good luck!

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