Montana draw 2026

[8andcounting]

If we hold a NR combo tag I think we can buy 2 b tags per species - 1 if no combo

I could be wrong on that . I think for deer for sure it’s only 1 if you don’t hold a combo tag

 

[antlerradar]

Interesting. Theres quite a contingent of people around that somehow think that no one does that and the only people buying b tags are hunting a combo tag.

I have encountered quite a few NR that only had B tags.
One time there was three NR from OK and one guy from Billings setting up camp at the parking area when I walked out. One of the guys from OK was quite chatty and was asking me all kinds of questions about what to expect in terms of bucks. He also gave me lots of other information. The guy from Billings was less then welcoming. I got a bad vibe from that group of hunters so I called the warden, and he checked out the camp the next day. OK guys only had doe tags. From what the OK guy told me, I am confident that they didn't make the trip to shoot a few does. They pulled out the day the warden stopped by, OK guy told me that they planned to stay the whole week.

 

[8andcounting]

I have encountered quite a few NR that only had B tags.
One time there was three NR from OK and one guy from Billings setting up camp at the parking area when I walked out. One of the guys from OK was quite chatty and was asking me all kinds of questions about what to expect in terms of bucks. He also gave me lots of other information. The guy from Billings was less then welcoming. I got a bad vibe from that group of hunters so I called the warden, and he checked out the camp the next day. OK guys only had doe tags. From what the OK guy told me, I am confident that they didn't make the trip to shoot a few does. They pulled out the day the warden stopped by, OK guy told me that they planned to stay the whole week.

So what you’re saying is the Billings guy was basically “outfitting” them and had r tag/tags they were gonna fill on his behalf .

 

[Forkyfinder]

So what you’re saying is the Billings guy was basically “outfitting” them and had r tag/tags they were gonna fill on his behalf .

Not suprising. On either account.

Im not sure how many hunters are here - neither is fwp.

But its way more than oft cited A tag quantities.

 

[8andcounting]

I’m sure there’s plenty of bs that goes on R and NR . With R tags being otc you know there’s folks filling A tags that aren’t there’s . With NR you know there’s folks going with that don’t have an A tag shooting bucks and someone is covering it or there putting a b tag on it risking it

 

[8andcounting]

I hope they all get caught karma is a bitch

 

[Roebuck]

The NR with only B tags thing probably doesn’t happen a lot, but one of the greatest adventures of my life was driving from California to Jordan, MT as a kid with my dad. To fill the only tag we had, a mulie doe.

 

[8andcounting]

The NR with only B tags thing probably doesn’t happen a lot.

More than you think . A cow elk tag for $270 is a steal these days