EYJONAS!
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I was able to take a great bull so no it wasn't normal at all.....
Was this a normal year for elk?
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noharleyyet
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51 weeks of training, talking and thinking about them, and one week of euphoria...whether you connect or not.
Dinkshooter
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unless you live in MT....................
Bugle 'Em In
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Did well where we were hunting. Down in other places (https://www.greatfallstribune.com/s...hunt-harvest-rocky-mountain-front/3781624001/)
exponentialpi
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Seemed way busier than normal. I ran into crowds everywhere I went. I even took a day off this last week to go upland hunting and ran into a half dozen rigs for a weekday.
sacountry
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The weather seemed off. A warm dry September in Montana, followed by a harsh, extreme cold, start to rifle in late October, only to be followed by a dry November with above average temps. It appeared to impact elk travel through migration cooridors in the areas I was hunting, but I agree with all those who said that elk hunting is never truly predictable from year to year.
shoots-straight
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Normal? I don't think you can "Normalize" elk hunting. Nothing stays the same very long in the elk hills.
Ridge Ghost
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90-degree weather for much of September, 3x as many hunters as I typically see, elk not in the usual spots, blizzard and zero degrees to start rifle season, sunny and warm to finish it. This year was anything but normal for me.
