Montana opener/weather going to help or hurt ?

[PsRpOiGrRiAtM]

The hardest part of the hunt is getting out of the tent at night to pee.

yes WY hat Buzz!

Can see why you drink Hopzone, then. More bang for the buck since you'd have to drink more Coors Delights and Busch Lattes and get out of the tent that many more times. It was a cold bastard this weekend.

 

[JLS]

The hardest part of the hunt is getting out of the tent at night to pee.

A double vestibule is nice for things like this. Until your legs cramp up in midstream.

 

[Happy Myles]

maybe use a jar? Just a thought. Make sure the lid stays tight

 

[JEL]

I had to make a trip to Billings Sunday and then back today. Judging from the ratio of rigs in the ditch vs rigs that had dead critters I would say the weather didn't help too much.

 

[EYJONAS!]

 

[The Hedgehog]

I was wrong - worst part was getting to the rig for a long anticipated beer, only to find them frozen solid. Then after 20 minutes on full defrost, thinking it was ready, cracking it open and it explode all over the inside of your clean truck. Fun times. I’m quitting Montana for a while.

 

[PsRpOiGrRiAtM]

I was wrong - worst part was getting to the rig for a long anticipated beer, only to find them frozen solid. Then after 20 minutes on full defrost, thinking it was ready, cracking it open and it explode all over the inside of your clean truck. Fun times. I’m quitting Montana for a while.
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[Dave N]

No, officer. I wasn't drinking. My beer exploded. Honest!

 

[Western Traveler1]

I had to make a trip to Billings Sunday and then back today. Judging from the ratio of rigs in the ditch vs rigs that had dead critters I would say the weather didn't help too much.

Judging from the rigs in the ditch and Stuck in the drifts it was a mostly quiet weekend here.

 

[antlerradar]

The hardest part of the hunt is getting out of the tent at night to pee.

yes WY hat Buzz!

getting old sucks

 

[Gerald Martin]

The morning after a storm is always nice.....the ram isn’t mine but it was sure fun to tag along.

 

[JLS]

The morning after a storm is always nice.....the ram isn’t mine but it was sure fun to tag along.View attachment 159651

He looks like a brawler.

 

[Redside]

Got to take part in a limited elk permit hunt this weekend. The weather did not disappoint and neither did the animals. We kept the beer from freezing and brought plenty of whisky and more importantly got the hell out of there before it melted again. Hadn't quite firmed up yet on the way in Thursday...

 

[jbseamus83]

I was in central WY chasing whitetails this weekend with the same storm that blew through MT. For a Texas boy that just moved out west 6 months ago, this was quite a difference. I did find the deer, but bumped them from their beds and they took off to private. I sat and watched for them for 4 hours the following day in single digit temps, but never saw them again...

 

[EYJONAS!]

Got to take part in a limited elk permit hunt this weekend. The weather did not disappoint and neither did the animals. We kept the beer from freezing and brought plenty of whisky and more importantly got the hell out of there before it melted again. Hadn't quite firmed up yet on the way in Thursday...
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Nice lookin bull. So your ThAt guy rutting shit up huh

 

[Irrelevant]

Nice lookin bull. So your ThAt guy rutting shit up huh

wadya expect with a hemi and street tires.

 

[mtmuley]

Got to take part in a limited elk permit hunt this weekend. The weather did not disappoint and neither did the animals. We kept the beer from freezing and brought plenty of whisky and more importantly got the hell out of there before it melted again. Hadn't quite firmed up yet on the way in Thursday...
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Is that bull dead? mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Is that bull dead? mtmuley

Can you send a pic? PM is good. mtmuley

 

[Redside]

Nice lookin bull. So your ThAt guy rutting shit up huh

Haha! yah, we were certainly not the first. It actually wasn't that bad until this point a lot was semi frozen already. We made it to the end of the road and parked the trucks for the rest of the weekend came out yesterday on nice hard roads.

 

[huntin24/7]

We fortunately didn’t get as much snow in the breaks as we could have. Hard to say for sure how much with how it blew. The enclosed trailer worked well keeping us warm in the sub zero weather. Unfortunately I didn’t get around to putting a vent in and broke the side door handle to get out yesterday morning. Damn condensation. On the plus side, my wife got a cow Sunday afternoon and we brought some good meat home. Cut 3 sets of lion tracks on the pack out.