Montana mule deer hunt planning

[renegade]

Me and my wife drew tags for Montana general deer. That is pretty cool. We are both quite avid hunters, especially me. We live in Ontario Canada. We have taken quite a few whitetails and have hunted mule deer quite a few times in the past. I have only taken one and my wife has not harvested one yet. We shoot a lot of does around our farm in NW Ontario for meat so we are not interested in travelling across the continent to shoot a small buck. We are probably going to pass any buck under about 170". I know it seems crazy as I have ate a lot of tags over the years but I have no desire to harvest a small buck, let em grow so that someone else can have a trophy in the years to come. I am not expecting a high probability of success on this hunt but to be sure we are going to have a fun time glassing and trying to find a couple good bucks! We are looking for some ideas and direction all the way up to and including some sort of hunt swap or semi-guided hunt. Anyway, I am reaching out here. I used to be an active member but have not been back for awhile. I admin a large Ontario hunting forum and find that a lot of work...lol

Regards,

Rene W. Cadene

 

[renegade]

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[beech18]

LAST EDITED ON May-07-12 AT 07:22PM (MST)[p]COngrats on the draw. You'll have a good time, no doubt. Where abouts in the state are you thinking about going if you had to pick? Theres lots of public lands scattered around along with some good ranches enrolled into block management program if you decide to go totally on your own.