I had all sorts of animals on my cameras this summer/fall. Elk, deer, bears, skunk, grouse, mountain lion, moose, fox, coyote and other small critters but this wolverine was a first for me.
I am also an inlander that has been surprised by the tide before. While traveling in New Zealand we were hiking around Abel Tasman National Park there. It is on the very north end of the south island. It is a very beautiful area with beaches and we walked down a river to get to the ocean...
I have heard it stated in the past that this is part of the reason for some of the weird antler configurations that come out of some of the LE districts for elk that allow spike hunting. Those "Spikes" with a branch in the upper part of their antlers survive (or at least they are supposed to...
I just go with a one man bivy/tent. The old style bivy didn't have a vestibule or rainfly that covered more area but the new ones do. There is plenty of room to put some of my gear under it when I need to although I hang some of it on the trees around me as I have had more problems with small...
I don't usually like the fruity/hoppy style beers that most others seem to indulge in. I like to be able to chew on my beers. here are 4 that come to mind for me. There are some good beers in some of the small town breweries that aren't mentioned here.
Bayern Face Plant
Copper Furrow Mexican...
Yep, I carry a small flashlight, 2 headlamps, and extra batteries for the headlamps.
Getting stuck in the middle of the night, especially archery season, taking care of an elk without any lights doesn't sound like a good time to me.
This tag and district is like the Bermuda Triangle. People draw this tag, post about it, then disappear from the face of the earth.
Lets see some scouting pictures or something! Or at least a picture of the washed out roads from the north that prevent access.
Yeah, of course. I don't mind the over the counter deer and elk tags and actually enjoy hunting those, in some ways preferably over the LE tags. Would be nice if I could draw something additional though like a cow elk tag, antelope tag or some day something special like a moose.
Well the streak continues. Went 0 for 12 this year in Montana. General A tags for deer and elk for me again this year. Lifelong resident and long time collector of points in everything.
I have left more than one set of antlers with the gut pile before but I grew up a bit old school. It was always about the meat. I've never left a BIG set of antlers out there but I have left both deer and elk antlers in the woods. The last elk I left out a buddy couldn't believe I was leaving...
I got one beer when I first got there before they evened opened the stadium and the outside beer tent was open. That took about 2 minutes. After that I went back twice for beer and between the ridiculous lines and the fact that it was $12 beers I just had the one that night.
Am I reading the Montana regulations for youth deer opener right? It opens on Oct 20 and 21. That's the Thursday and Friday right before the general opener. This is a change from previous years when it was the weekend before right? How was it decided that it would be a good idea to have the...
The amount of pressure they receive is key. I've hunted in high pressure areas a lot and those antelope take off running with any kind of movement of any kind, regardless of what color it is, what decoy it is, or what portion of you they see. On the other hand I've had antelope run in and...
Anybody notice what looks like a loader in one of the pullouts in the middle of all those missing stretches of water? Gonna be a while before they get that.
Going to be some serious construction on that road to get access back to Mammoth. The old access road from Mammoth to Gardiner actually...