gutshootem
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Let me start by saying I'm not looking for a handout, just some direction to help me progress through my planning stages.
Myself and a few friends are planning to buy deer combo tags and hunt SE Montana this November. Due to work/family obligations, we can only hunt a week-driving sat/sun, hunting through the week and traveling back the following sat/sun. Probably going to be the week prior to Thanksgiving. Coming from PA & MD. Most all of our experience is whitetail hunting the east and midwest. I did one successful solo antelope hunt in WY and one other guy did a DIY trip to Idaho last year and was successful on a muley and elk. Not sure how much of the planning he's going to be involved in though, as he's the friend of a friend.
So I've been using the hunt planner and another tax mapping website and looking over a lot of ground the last two days but to be honest, I'm not that sure what I'm even supposed to be looking for. I've mainly just focused on areas that looked like somewhere we could get away from the roads but I also really don't want to hike back in 2 miles and have 4 wheelers zipping by me either. From what I understand, you can ride them on blm land but not state land, is this correct? I'm a little confused because I'm also seeing some dirt roads on the state land as well? Anything else as far as terrain goes that I should be looking for to hold mule deer? This is all alot different then looking for funnels and saddles to concentrate whitetail movement.
We also plan to look into BM property but from what I've read, that info doesn't come out until August.
Also, I know the weather can be anywhere from 70° to -10°. Are we going to live through the hunt staying in a 12X12 Cabela's Outback Lodge tent?
PM if you prefer.
Myself and a few friends are planning to buy deer combo tags and hunt SE Montana this November. Due to work/family obligations, we can only hunt a week-driving sat/sun, hunting through the week and traveling back the following sat/sun. Probably going to be the week prior to Thanksgiving. Coming from PA & MD. Most all of our experience is whitetail hunting the east and midwest. I did one successful solo antelope hunt in WY and one other guy did a DIY trip to Idaho last year and was successful on a muley and elk. Not sure how much of the planning he's going to be involved in though, as he's the friend of a friend.
So I've been using the hunt planner and another tax mapping website and looking over a lot of ground the last two days but to be honest, I'm not that sure what I'm even supposed to be looking for. I've mainly just focused on areas that looked like somewhere we could get away from the roads but I also really don't want to hike back in 2 miles and have 4 wheelers zipping by me either. From what I understand, you can ride them on blm land but not state land, is this correct? I'm a little confused because I'm also seeing some dirt roads on the state land as well? Anything else as far as terrain goes that I should be looking for to hold mule deer? This is all alot different then looking for funnels and saddles to concentrate whitetail movement.
We also plan to look into BM property but from what I've read, that info doesn't come out until August.
Also, I know the weather can be anywhere from 70° to -10°. Are we going to live through the hunt staying in a 12X12 Cabela's Outback Lodge tent?
PM if you prefer.