2023/2024 update !!! Norris Road Elk Hunt

[RobertD]

How bout tomorrow morning I’m still off work laying on the couch with a tag in me pocket, ha ha ha , goggle maps says I’m 2 hrs 41 min away !!!

So you've decided to just fully embrace the Montana lifestyle, not just move there. Now that's commitment

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

So you've decided to just fully embrace the Montana lifestyle, not just move there. Now that's commitment

I’m packing up the truck now , I’ll be there for the afternoon hunt !

 

[Point Creep]

Just post a pic of a bull in a stubble field, seems to escalate things fast

Nothing wrong with a bull in a stubble field, but “Gotta love Montana?”

 

[Point Creep]

I’ll try to have a serious conversation.

@Greenhorn is this something new/more common in recent (10-15) years? I’m genuinely curious after reading your other posts towards @shrapnel and based on what I’ve read on here this seems to be something that’s been occurring since at least the 90’s? I’ve only been here 7 years, can’t really say I’ve seen a big change in elk hunting during that time span. I never knew of hunting this way until ~2017 when I was driving out of the mountains on the back side of Canyon Ferry and saw a line of trucks surrounding a piece of state land (see photo below for BURNT spot).

Do you think this would have been “ok” say 30 years ago when the population was much lower and say only a couple rigs went down there?

Based on what I’ve seen it’s more a combination of things that makes me not want to partake, but maybe 30+ years ago that road didn’t have as many rigs driving on it or near as many people hunting that spot which would have made it a bit more intriguing (not shooting from road or truck but actually parking and hunting).

The permanent swarms of elk living there now and not 10-20 miles south is a new thing (10-15) years. Elk habits have changed. Hunter habits haven’t. This is 1996. Same place. Big weather pushed bulls off Turners and Dehanns and a couple guys got trigger happy. Others showed up with tags…

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

The permanent swarms of elk living there now and not 10-20 miles south is a new thing (10-15) years. Elk habits have changed. Hunter habits haven’t. This is 1996. Same place. Big weather pushed bulls off Turners and Dehanns and a couple guys got trigger happy. Others showed up with tags…

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That’s crazy

 

[Point Creep]

Ritter (3rd from left) was passing out 11x17 glossy pics in Korner Klub, so I kept one.

 

[Point Creep]

They knew that mountain like the backs of their hands.

 

[TheTone]

The permanent swarms of elk living there now and not 10-20 miles south is a new thing (10-15) years. Elk habits have changed. Hunter habits haven’t. This is 1996. Same place. Big weather pushed bulls off Turners and Dehanns and a couple guys got trigger happy. Others showed up with tags…

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I’m sure they told some proud hunting stories. I wonder if those that just showed up with a tag were honest about it or if they told some tale of what a badass elk hunter they were?

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Ritter (3rd from left) was passing out 11x17 glossy pics in Korner Klub, so I kept one.

Looks like I’ll have to stop by for dinner after my hunt

 

[MTTW]

I might be the only one, but I am glad that all those people who frequent the state sections don't muster up the gumption to climb the mountains and kill the last bull there before I get to it.
I have never seen one of the slaughters while it was going on, but I have seen the maneuvering to surround the elk, and gut piles in the borrow pit when it was over. I was afraid to stay and watch.

 

[Point Creep]

I’m sure they told some proud hunting stories. I wonder if those that just showed up with a tag were honest about it or if they told some tale of what a badass elk hunter they were?

Nope. I don’t think anybody had elaborate hunt tales. It was simply some of “turners” elk came into where they were vulnerable and they whacked a pile of them. The hunt tales on places like this are only from a special breed cross-eyed idiot crowd that are more prevalent these days. Odd ducks.

 

[Point Creep]

Weather conditions are perfect right now for that to happen — Get some!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Weather conditions are perfect right now for that to happen — Get some!

On my way !

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I’m packing up the truck now , I’ll be there for the afternoon hunt !
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Make sure you got your Prill playlist downloaded, gotta rep the home town hero while blasting from the highway.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Make sure you got your Prill playlist downloaded, gotta rep the home town hero while blasting from the highway.

Making me road trip playlist now !

 

[Southern Elk]

They knew that mountain like the backs of their hands.

Couple of real cowboys in there too.

 

[JT88]

Making me road trip playlist now !
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Is this the true meaning of a "party hunt"?

 

[520 Road Sow]

 

[Deleted member 52098]

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Man I wish HtM was still around for this thread and the other montana elk thread. Would be gold

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Is this the true meaning of a "party hunt"?

It could be , I got room in my truck for a few guys when I roll through Bozeman, I’m always down for company and a pack out crew !