Quintessential Western Whitetail?

[2rocky]

What would be a quintessential whitetail hunt in the West?

For elk it would be Wall tents and pack horses with bugling bulls

For mule deer glassing sage covered basins and long stalks.

Sheep is a backpack hunt above timberline

What is the Western Whitetail version?

 

[mtmuley]

What would be a quintessential whitetail hunt in the West?

For elk it would be Wall tents and pack horses with bugling bulls

For mule deer glassing sage covered basins and long stalks.

Sheep is a backpack hunt above timberline

What is the Western Whitetail version?

Kill one at 7000 feet or more. mtmuley

 

[Mica Man]

Still hunting through timber during mid to late November with a couple inches of fresh snow.

 

[brymoore]

I’ve shot mine grazing wheat field edges.

 

[Nick87]

Growing up i was infatuated watching guys hunt Montana river bottom whitetails early season archery. Always wanted to give that a try.

 

[MTTW]

I have only killed a handful of whitetails in my life but this Thanksgiving I was still hunting in snow, above 7000 feet, with a muzzleloader and killed a decent buck. It felt pretty quintessential to me.

 

[geetar]

Growing up in the 90s I used to watch the Realtree guys hunt the Milk River area in Montana. That's the first thing that comes to mind with western whitetails.

 

[mtmuley]

Growing up in the 90s I used to watch the Realtree guys hunt the Milk River area in Montana. That's the first thing that comes to mind with western whitetails.

Western to me means West. Like almost to Idaho. Mountain bucks. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

Western to me means West. Like almost to Idaho. Mountain bucks. mtmuley

Western to us means your side of the Mississippi or at least your time zone.

 

[mtmuley]

Western to us means your side of the Mississippi or at least your time zone.

Yep. As I thought about it I realized that. mtmuley

 

[MTLabrador]

Growing up in the 90s I used to watch the Realtree guys hunt the Milk River area in Montana. That's the first thing that comes to mind with western whitetails.

I don’t know who has them after my grandma passed, but my grandpa had a crazy collection of big Milk River whitetail racks hanging in the rafters in the garage. It’s sure not what it used to be in my peoples’ homeland.

 

[mtmuley]

I don’t know who has them after my grandma passed, but my grandpa had a crazy collection of big Milk River whitetail racks hanging in the rafters in the garage. It’s sure not what it used to be in my peoples’ homeland.

Same. Except it was mule deer from the Sweetgrass Hills. From my Grandfather Father and Uncle. Wish I would have paid better attention. mtmuley

 

[Flynarrow]

Montana Special Hunt: Grab a case of Bud, grab a couple of buddies, load up the pickup and drive the roads at dusk but carry a spotlight in case nobody gets anything earlier.

 

[MTLabrador]

Same. Except it was mule deer from the Sweetgrass Hills. From my Grandfather Father and Uncle. Wish I would have paid better attention. mtmuley

There were a few big mule deer from the Breaks and the Little Rockies in there too. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to hunt that country in the 60s.

 

[Nick87]

There were a few big mule deer from the Breaks and the Little Rockies in there too. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to hunt that country in the 60s.

I cant imagine what it must've been like to hunt most places into the 60's through mid to late 90's.

 

[BAKPAKR]

For me, it is hunting a couple miles in on a rainy day in mid to late November. I love sneaking through the woods looking for a rutting buck.

 

[mtmuley]

There were a few big mule deer from the Breaks and the Little Rockies in there too. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to hunt that country in the 60s.

My Grandparents lived close to the bottom of the Hills. I remember going on hunts as a kid. Pheasants too. Was up there looking over the country on our antelope hunt. Things have changed of course. mtmuley

 

[MTLabrador]

I cant imagine what it must've been like to hunt most places into the 60's through mid to late 90's.

I was wasting my time being an infant in the mid to late 90s instead of buying property and killing big bulls in Gardiner.

 

[Nick87]

I was wasting my time being an infant in the mid to late 90s instead of buying property and killing big bulls in Gardiner.

You and me both brother except it was big whitetails and property in western il. (Technically a toddler then).

 

[mtmuley]

I was wasting my time being an infant in the mid to late 90s instead of buying property and killing big bulls in Gardiner.

Yeah. Me too except I was an infant in the late 60's. mtmuley