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Question about Montana Deer Block Management Type 2
Yeah, we have had trouble with it every year one way or another. But, we've also had some good experiences salted in. I will say this. We have a handful that we try to get on but when I don't it doesn't ruin my trip. We've shot nearly all of our biggest deer in SE MT hunting random chunks of... -
Question about Montana Deer Block Management Type 2
I'm sure it varies property to property. However, the type 2s i've hunted typically allow a set number every day and the good ones are booked full every day. Many of the type 1s probably have more people signing in but most just drive the roads or walk to the 1st hill then leave and they may... -
Question about Montana Deer Block Management Type 2
I think as a general rule the type 2 block management areas get more pressure than many type 1 or BLM land out East. Also, there are many that are full 5min after the calling starts….. or were full a week earlier with friends and family. My best luck has been with the ones administered by the... -
WY Gen Rifle Hunt iso ???
I had my first ever a guided elk hunt booked early archery in Wyoming. I went, had a great time but unfortunately came home with my tag unfilled. I had never really given a whole lot of thought beyond the archery hunt but, now that I'm home I have this tag burning a hole in my pocket and I'm... -
How Would You Improve Block Management?
Most frustrating thing on type 2 block management for me is getting thru on the phone call in 5 min after the call in period opens and being told by the landowner that they are fully booked every day for the entire season. Maybe its an incorrect assumption, but it seems to me that 5 minutes...- badlander
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana Alternate list
I know they got to 7xx last year on the list but last year weren’t there were a lot more turned in due to Covid? I’m seeing old posts about getting to 250-300 in years prior? This is the first year I’ve thrown my name in the alt list hat, also the 1st time in 7 years that I’ve needed to. I...- badlander
- Post #30
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Caribou drop camp tent
We will be in GMU 23 so South Slope - a few of the people I have talked to said that there was at least some brush around and up/down the rivers and although not going to stack firewood that they found enough to warm up at night and dry out wet clothes a bit.- badlander
- Post #12
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Caribou drop camp tent
I’ve got the same quilt, recognized the camo pattern. First year using it, wound up with 6” of snow using it for archery opener in MT and it worked well. I’m used to the floorless in my wall tent and don’t worry too much about it there. Did you look at the SO Tipis at all, any reason you went...- badlander
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Caribou drop camp tent
Trial - that looks awesome! Is that an enlightened equipment bag/quilt? Did the floorless shelter give you any issues? Ive spent time on Kodiak, and I know what kinds of winds and rains Alaska is capable of. I also know that in bad conditions being wet could get dangerous so the trade offs...- badlander
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Caribou drop camp tent
Without the stove, would you consider a tipi/floor liner a viable option? I have a wall tent, the alaskan, and a Stone glacier sky air for solo backpacking. If I am going to buy one, I was looking to fill a niche that I don't have with a backpackable hot tent for late season spike camps.- badlander
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Caribou drop camp tent
Booking a drop camp Caribou hunt for 2023 and looking at tent options. I've looked in to some of the services and transporters that offer a rental gear kit but after many years of DIY hunts I already own most of the gear these services supply and without the gear we get 80# each so we can spread...- badlander
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Southern border Coues units
I’m digging into an AZ Coues hunt next fall and am looking at some of the high % non-rut draw hunts down near the border, the same ones everyone puts down as their later pass draw options. Reading up on areas, everyone says “watch out for illegals and drug runners”. I’ve read many, “is it safe”... -
2020 Montana deer recap
This was my 7th year hunting deer in SE MT. We hunted 11/14-21, covered a ton of ground and checked out properties from down by Moorehead up to Ekalaka and in between. As a general statement, we saw a LOT less mature (or at least older age class) bucks than we ever have and saw very little of... -
2020 MT Pronghorn
My son is 15, so this was the last year that he was eligible to take part in MT's youth deer season so, going in to the hunt we had also picked up a youth deer combo tag. With both antelope tags filled, we spent Tuesday in camp resting, pulling cactus thorns and cleaning up meat. Wednesday, we... -
2020 MT Pronghorn
Sunday afternoon we made a 2 mile hike back around some private where we had seen a group of antelope earlier in the day hoping road traffic had pushed them back on to the state piece behind it. Once back there we quickly located a pair of bucks bedded in a small bowl out of the wind. Once again... -
2020 MT Pronghorn
My 15yo son and I both drew 007 antelope tags this year. I've deer hunted the area we decided to hunt for several years and have been seeing antelope there so decided to start there. Deer hunting in this area, we've always seen a fair number of people but have never had any trouble finding spots... -
ATV or No?
You guys are picky. If I’d have named a range I’d have been an idiot for posting someone’s spot. I say “central” as a general term and get brow beat. Eastern side of the Western half? No secrets in that part of the world. Piles of people in there running up/down the roads. Enough elk to make it... -
ATV or No?
To me that’s NE right? I live in MN, to me that’s Central US too but, I’m an Easterner when I get to MT too. Geography was hard for me. -
ATV or No?
This post is headed where I was worried it would. As a quick refresher to those who didn’t read the OP: As I mentioned in my original post, I am aware of the the OHV permit. Also, the need for a spark arrestor which my machine has. I am hunting solo so no worries about me hauling 2 buddies... -
ATV or No?
Not sure what you consider “Central MT”. Maybe I’m way off base. Somewhere near the middle of the state seems like Central. To my dumb eastern rear end the breaks are in the NE. No I’m not hunting the breaks, or eastern MT. Yes I’ve heard of gumbo. Hunted in it in Eastern and SE MT many times...
