This week, on Thursday night, we will air an episode that is just flat out, low stress, easy to pull off, and enjoyable. A general season tag, hunting deer and elk on Gallatin National Forest, not too far from my house.
This episode is to show people how easy it is to come to Montana, especially now that we have 2,000 tags left over, find a spot on the map where fewer people want to go, and in the process, hopefully stumble upon some elk and mule deer to hang your tag on.
This link sneak preview of the episode. >>>----> http://bcove.me/4ye84uc4
If you are interested in a hunt this fall, I cannot overstate how easy it can be to do a MT elk/deer combo hunt. Tags can still be had at this link.
http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/buyApply/nowAvailable.html
There are over 31 million acres of public land and 7 million+ acres open via our Block Management Program. If you cannot find some ground to get away from the crowds in Montana, odds are you like hanging out at the trail head.
Here would be my Cliff Notes version of how to plan this hunt.
Go hunting this fall. It will be a ton of fun. Given how MT has had left over tags for the last few years, you can learn an area a little more each season. Eventually, you will have as much, maybe more, intel about the area than many of the locals who hunt it a weekend or two each year.
If you want to read the play-by-play of this hunt, go to the link below.
http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=256803
This episode is to show people how easy it is to come to Montana, especially now that we have 2,000 tags left over, find a spot on the map where fewer people want to go, and in the process, hopefully stumble upon some elk and mule deer to hang your tag on.
This link sneak preview of the episode. >>>----> http://bcove.me/4ye84uc4
If you are interested in a hunt this fall, I cannot overstate how easy it can be to do a MT elk/deer combo hunt. Tags can still be had at this link.
http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/buyApply/nowAvailable.html
There are over 31 million acres of public land and 7 million+ acres open via our Block Management Program. If you cannot find some ground to get away from the crowds in Montana, odds are you like hanging out at the trail head.
Here would be my Cliff Notes version of how to plan this hunt.
- Get tag (easy)
- Get maps (most any unit west of Billings will have enough public ground)
- Find spots on maps that have some topography to lower hunter interest (doesn't have to be extreme)
- Find areas burned, logged, thinned, or otherwise treated to improve habitat (within the last ten years)
- Hunt elk in archery season, if you can (MT archery elk is the most overlooked elk tag in the west)
- Montana has water everywhere, so not much of a tool like it is in SW states
- Know that after opening day, elk head two places - 1) lower/private, or 2) more rugged/public
- Know that bulls don't need to travel a lot to make a living in rifle season. (They are less active and therefore less visible)
- Know that elk and mule deer have different needs, and therefore fewer places will attract both during the same period (with some exceptions, such as this episode)
Go hunting this fall. It will be a ton of fun. Given how MT has had left over tags for the last few years, you can learn an area a little more each season. Eventually, you will have as much, maybe more, intel about the area than many of the locals who hunt it a weekend or two each year.
If you want to read the play-by-play of this hunt, go to the link below.
http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=256803
