Pucky Freak
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BlakeA's message is dead on. I spent 4 summers in Billings county and nearby areas in the 2000's and the mulies are everywhere. You hardly have to go looking for them. They are not shy. Saw several 3.5 year old bucks, but no monsters. The landscape is beautiful, air fresh, and few people; it looks odd with so many roads. A lot of roads are used for ranching and gas/oil. In the national grasslands areas there are tons of cattle fences, but a lot of it is also accessible to the public too. It is a paradise for upland birds. Unspoiled virgin grasslands? Never saw anything like that. I know it might not be what you had in mind in terms of a hike in, wilderness, or relative isolation, but you will certainly enjoy this hunt if you approach it with the right mindset. An effective strategy may look like spending the first hour of light driving the red roads and spotting multiple bucks, then planning a stalk once one you like beds down.so question to all - are the badlands crisscrossed with roads, or is it easy to find miles of unspoiled virgin grasslands with no roads, atv trails etc? if those places exist, I want to go there .... I've always wanted to go to those hard to get areas, the ones fewer people go to. Walking 5 miles or 10 .... that's something that's very attractive to me and my hunting adventures
Interestingly, this area also holds elk, but they are like ghosts. Saw plenty of scat and tracks when I was out mountain biking and hiking, but not one animal.