Dillon MT elk???????????

Gator · Feb 13, 2012

I have been invited on a elk hunt in Montana around Dillon on a ranch there.
Any of you guy's located around Dillon MT can give me a heads up,How good or bad the area is for hunting nice bulls,What type of bulls(300 or 340) are the norm. I have heard the the rifle hunt around there is pretty good, I will have access to a ranch it close to Dillon.
Any help would be apreciated. Thanks

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Zigga · Feb 13, 2012

If you see a 320 bull then you're doing very good. Your odds just increased having access to a ranch. Not knowing anything about the ranch I would have a hard time knowing if they hold any true monsters. There is an occasional bull that'll go 350 but don't pass on a 300 bull. Lots of brush heads and smaller bulls to chose from. Good luck.

completesportsman · Feb 13, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Feb-14-12 AT 06:47AM (MST)[p]I hunted near there twice. There were a lot of elk then (2006 & 2007) just not many big ones. If you see a decent 6x6 you better pull the trigger!

I saw an alfalfa field on a ranch the day before season opened in 2007 the ranch was closer to Sheridan than Dillon. Anyway there were approx 200 head in the field, approx 40 bulls, and only about 3 or 4 of those were 6 pts. if I remember right, the biggest being around 300" there were lots of 4x5's and 5x5's

I don't know if wolves have had an affect on that area?

You should be able to fill a tag on a bull though, good luck.

Edit:
I LOVED the area, I want to go back. If you get the combo license you can hunt deer, fish and hunt pheasants, If your on a ranch I'd guess chances are good they will have whitetails. The fishing is good and there are lots of pheasants.

completesportsman · Feb 13, 2012

Gator, was it you that was going to move there for a new job a while back? Or do I have you confused with someone else.

Gator · Feb 14, 2012

Not me I own 2 business out here(both losing money) One is a contruction business and the other a hitch and muffler shop.
But I do have a chance to come there and hunt on a ranch and I'm trying to find out as much as I can about the area and the elk that call it home.

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Zigga · Feb 14, 2012

Maybe it was reddog or something like that that was making a possible move out there.

Just send pics when you go and let us know the general area.

c3 · Feb 14, 2012

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beech18 · Feb 14, 2012

Which Mountain range around Dillion is the ranch near?

completesportsman · Feb 14, 2012

>Maybe it was reddog or something
>like that that was making
>a possible move out there.
>
>
>Just send pics when you go
>and let us know the
>general area.

you're right, I think it was REDDOG

carrot13 · Feb 14, 2012

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MTSHEDHEDZ · Feb 14, 2012

Thats a shooter in that area,dont pass one up that size.

Gator · Feb 16, 2012

The ranch is close to Goose down ranch area.

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Gator · Feb 22, 2012

The name of the ranch is Beaverhead Rock Ranch and it located on Old Stage rd.
Have any of you know the place.

Thanks for any and all help.

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muleyman · Feb 23, 2012

hunted out there twice, during archery and rifle this past season. We hunted a couple different ranches and boy oh boy what the wolves and griz have done to that area is SAD...really SAD.

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