Making some assumptions about the general area your buddy packed into but in fairness this time of year in the high country finding bucks is about the same as finding bucks during the rut or on winter range. You’re going to find a lot of bucks, damn near every one in a basin. But agree that hunting them during the rut in the numbers that MT does is crazy
I couldnt agree more. For every person i hear whining about how theres no deer, i see 6 that sit in the 4 wheeler on the road glassing right over the large mule deer that are on the slope below them, or the fools that walk in and walk a loop around and walk right out by 9 am while they drive the deer right past me.
I highly doubt I could see that number of bucks here in Montana. He said they had already shed coats and it was actually a pain in the ass spotting them all kegged up in brush.
Yup. The only people (lots of non residents on HT) who dont acknowledge want to hunt here.
That was money well spent for the dept of tourism folks, but from your graph the problem was already well established. Last year in R7, the non resident to resident license plate ratio was 10:1 NR to resident - there is a HUGE problem that needs to be looked at.
As usual - you have ZERO clue.
About anything. mtmuley
