What I’m most curious about this season is to see how many people are hunting in region 4 specifically 410 and 417 that will have no idea it went LE for deer . Signing up for a bma in 4 today the guy on the phone said yeh it’s been record number of calls I said how is that possible with the LE...
The last couple years I’ve went to SW MT elk hunting and the # of rigs headed west when I leave and head east is astonishing tons of R rigs with trailers full of mule deer .
I’m coming to Montana for opener after Elk and just happen to have an antelope tag , I’m not dragging with 2 rifles , so I’ll shoot antelope with my elk rifle …. I think people make too much a of a big deal of “oh that’s too big for antelope” . Good job Chris congrats on your antelope great story
The main thing fwp doesn’t seem to understand is that ok , maybe the harvest and numbers of deer are about the same , but the harvest amount in certain areas , public , is much higher
Last one I shot in 22’ I got skin off and meat on ice within 40 minutes of kill . It was about 55 degrees out . I then drove 5 hours home with it on ice . Left in the cooler on ice 48 hours . Then ground it all except the back straps , mixed 10 lbs of bacon in with the roughly 20-25 lbs of meat...
I’ve shot them after they have been chased for miles by other hunters and I’ve stalked them and shot them while feeding and they taste the same . The key is getting the hide off and on ice asap . If you do that it’ll be some of the best wild game you’ve ever had
Once the season gets closer and closer there’ll be more and more turned in . People will have something else that comes up or won’t be able to get time off or any number of things . I think anyone in the top 500 will get offered a tag by time it’s said and done . Hell one year I think 2020 a...