Lawnboy
Well-known member
Grew up hunting the Bridgers in the late 80's. Still can remember the deer we used to have. Doubt it will ever get back to that. Montana has the worst mule deer hunting than any neighboring state IMO. It's sad
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Grew up hunting the Bridgers in the late 80's. Still can remember the deer we used to have. Doubt it will ever get back to that. Montana has the worst mule deer hunting than any neighboring state IMO. It's sad
I have never seen a giant buck in Montana. I have hunted Montana for 30 years. I have hunted Colorado for 3 years and saw a giant buck…just saying…your tape is stretched outI guess I don’t understand what’s got everybody so upset about not seeing giant bucks around every corner.
Should you be able to expect to see a 180 every time you go out? Giant bucks get killed in Montana every year on public land with over the counter tags. If your not seeing what you want, dare I say look harder? How often do you see 370” bulls when elk hunting?
Good luck finding river bottom property you can hunt. And if you do (and I have ... to hunt birds) the odds of seeing a buck of any sort in that thick stuff is a lot less than cruising the ridges glassing for mulies. If you want to see a lot of mule deer get out and walk up the bottoms of the coulees.based on what I read from this forum, if I ever did get a Montana deer tag I know I wouldn't waste a minute looking for mule deer unless I was going to be happy shooting a forkie/3x3. I know for sure I would be focusing hard on river bottoms in search of some monster whitetails that I know you Montana residents look down on
Relax man lol shows how rough it is that people are dumping does to not come home empty handed.@NDGuy if you have a problem come out and say it.
I expect to beat my balls off the wall over and over and over…long hikes…eyeballs bleeding from glassing…my wife threatening divorce unless I come home until finally ….as if it was scripted…I shoot a whitetail
Maybe I'm selfish by not caring about the opportunity hunter. I have a different view of opportunity when it comes to mule deer. mtmuleyMuley I've got no dog in this fight, as I've said elsewhere, but I think any hunter should hope his state aspires to manage for a decent age class across the herd.
If 95-99% of mule bucks on public die by age 3.5, I think we can all say that's piss poor. I dislike being the NR that tells other states how to tend to their affairs but damn Montana ought to be able to recognize the mule deer is a sensitive species, probably moreso than elk and certainly moreso than whitetails and this game of rifle hunting them all through the rut is something that the herd just cannot tolerate.
Shhh, it's amazing what happens when you actively manage deer.An older age class of bucks. Not a pickup box full of mule deer does. Haven’t seen a buck that’s raised my heart rate in Montana going on 13 years now. Now if I go 10 miles East over the North Dakota border I get to see a few every year that make me need to roll my tongue back up.