Recent content by leonard

202, Ninemile, lots of big bulls in there

They hunt an area overrun with outfitters and diy hunters.

I would be hard pressed to spend 1500 on that size of buck, when you can kill bigger in KS, NE, OK, or WY. Most of those bucks are 1.5 to 2.5 years old. It’s not Harv fault and he is happy with what he got. And to him it’s a big buck. Yeah Montana management is in the shitter, and a 120 inch...

Just saying there are about 690-700 motel rooms in Glasgow and they were entirely booked for most of the riffs season. I’m in agreement with you. It’s crazy out there

I’ve been a resident of both Colorado and Montana, and Colorado would win hands down for big mule deer, and the western parts of Montana for producing big whitetail. There was roughly around 600 hunters around Glasgow MT (Missouri Breaks) in mid November this year it’s highly over hunted. I’ve...

I mis-typed asking $1400.

Ruger Red Label 12 2 3/4-3” gauge for sale, good condition. A little wear at the end on the barrel and a few blemishes from hunting. But overall good condition. $1300 located in Kalispell, MT. Can arrange shipping through a FFL dealer.

Those are some beautiful bucks. I could have shot my biggest buck at about 15 yards in central Montana in 2005, but it wasn’t legal and I wouldn’t have felt right about. Thankful I didn’t shoot. This past season me and my boy spotted a buck off the county road that we first thought was a bull...

You can archery and muzzleloader hunt with a rifle permit. If you draw an archery you can only archery hunt. Secondly, you can’t hunt antlered elk in another unit if your tag is a 799-20 or 799-21, so you can’t hunt a general unit for when your permit is valid in 702, 704, or 705. There are elk...

There are a whole bunch of bad outfitters near Trout Creek and Noxon, Wayne Hill is another. You can go take your rifle for a hike and not waste 3-4k in guide fees with some kid that has never hunted. You would be better off if you hunted a private ranch, I’m going guided ever, but hunting...

You are correct at so many levels. I write the commission most years, we need reduced seasons, pick your weapon, and lots of species need to be limited to drawing only.

Guys the deer just aren’t there in any significant quantity or quality. The MTFWP considers this the new normal. This is basically due to unlimited tags given out over an entire region and focused hunting on public lands and then combine a drought of 2021, it’s not going to recover anytime soon.

Really nice buck, congratulations to you all

We drew three tags for Region 7! We are from Kalispell and draw most every year

How is unit 48 to the west? Looking at a 1st season rifle tag next fall. Please PM