Like the shoulder season on elk.
BUT they eat so good...
Just doing my part we can get 7 tags a year.
We donate most of our deer to people who want deer and can't hunt for whatever reason.
I had two whitetail doe tags in my pocket and a plan.
I knew a place where we might fill them. It's a BMA next to a closed waterfowl management area.
My boy and I walked out in a dry drain ditch about a mile and a quarter and slipped up to the top, and set up to wait. We could see out over three...
I have an 870 smooth-bore 30 Barrel.
I reloaded but have found Fed power shok and a "FULL" choke shoot the best.
https://www.federalpremium.com/shotshell/power-shok/power-shok-rifled-slug/11-F131+RS.html
I just use the front bead and shoot it like a scattergun. I don't have to use a shotgun but...
I still use a GPS.
Out here in the wilds of Montana, cell service is spotty on a good day.
If you did not download your maps before you lose reception you're only carrying a camera with your phone. Not to mention a $1300 phone is twice the price of my Garmin.
YUP
Winchester 94 I bought with my paper route money when I was 12, at the drug store for $35. I could not buy 22 shells but a 30-30 was ok.
Yes, I still have it.
I usually get 5 or 6 deer tags yearly and try to get in on damage hunts.
I only keep one and sometimes not even that. I give away or donate them to people who need or want a deer and don't or can't hunt. If I don't fill a tag someone doesn't get one.
That is just my take.
I'm sure you can get a direct-fit limb saver it will look better.
If your gun is not listed print off their patterns and find the one that fits.
Did you ever hear of a dead mule? They are used in the stock of your gun, many shotguners use them. I put one inside my REM 700 8mm rem mag.
GREAT...
I have not seen any numbers but...
It does not take much. Here at my house, I got just under 2" and by the looks of the radar during the storm. It looked like the MOST rain ran right over Kipp.
My neighbor has a Hawthorn tree and lets me pick them. I have read there wild in places too.
It takes about 10 pounds hips to get around 6 cups of juice. I freeze them first to break up their cell structure, then simmer them for about 3 hours, mashing them gently as they cook down. Their seeds...
I have been hunting for over 50 years and have butchered many elk and deer in that time. I personally am not a fan of elk or deer as table fair.
With that said, My wife and I can smell wild meat no matter how it is cooked or processed even in sausage and such. She will eat a LITTLE but there is...
There are not many BMAs in the area. It is very close to the "Front"
Blackleaf, swiftcurrent, Lots of duck hunting, Lake Frances is a GO-TO for Walleye fishing.
https://myfwp.mt.gov/fishMT/waterbody/searchByID?waterBodyID=43449
Wheat is king so Pheasant hunting and sharptail hunting is good...