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    Weird Racks

    Got this one a few years ago.
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    2024 Montana Elk Permit Strategy

    The breaks can be a good spot in terms of being able to see elk, but getting to them, especially in a timely fashion, is still a PITA. I look at the breaks as just being upside down mountains. The terrain is still nasty its just hiking down and then back up vs in the mountains where you hike up...
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    Leave Elk to find Elk? Or hold your ground?

    This is entirely dependent on what you are looking for. If you just want any legal bull you stay put and hunt the elk you know are there. If you are only after a big mature bull you need to go higher and/or look for the nasty hell holes that no other hunters are hitting. The big bulls will...
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    used vs cheaper?

    I am currently going through this same decision-making process. I have the luxury of knowing a guy well that had two identical flagship bows from 2019 setup, one for hunting and one for target/3d/practice. His hunting bow has a very low shot count as he mostly used the other one. I also know he...
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    What to upgrade first: boots or backpack?

    Boots... no question. Getting hot spots (and ultimately, blisters) will ruin your hunt. Having to deal with suck with a sub par pack IF you end up killing is doable. Boots this year, pack next year.
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    Grizzly Bear Introduction

    More destruction by the Biden administration... but if they are going to do this nonsense maybe they can steal a few from my backyard so I can sleep a little easier in the tent at night! https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-moves-unleash-apex-predator-near-rural-community
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    Hunting in grizzly territory

    Or read the book "Night of the Grizzlies"!!! All great advice. I live in the heart of (right outside of Glacier) and pretty much only hunt in griz country. Take the basic precautions outlined above and the odds are in your favor. That being said, I still have trouble sleeping while...
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    Pointing the truck west

    Awesome!!!!
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    When Do You Leave?

    Is there a link for the replay?
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    Exo Mountain K4?

    @S&S ARCHERY what was the reasoning for going from a two strap design on the meat shelf (for securing meat to the shelf) to a four strap design?
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    Rifle Elk Hunt

    No I haven't heard anything about them specifically. I have hunted a fair amount around Big Timber when I lived in Billings. I will say that areas down in the Boulder River can be good but their website says they are hunting the A-B wilderness north of Yellowstone. No way I would pay for a hunt...
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    Rifle Elk Hunt

    Never done a guided hunt, but as a resident elk hunter of Montana my entire life, there is no way I would fork over the money for a guided hunt here if it was on public land. It gets hammered and I don't need to spend thousands of dollars to compete with everyone else. My suggestion is to find a...
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    First time DIY elk hunt

    I agree on the truck camping... unless you know a spot where you know you will be into elk, or you just want a backpacking experience, you should truck camp. It will give you much more mobility and allow you to hit new spots quickly to locate the elk. Backpacking is more than likely going to be...
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    Montana preference point draw odds, archery elk

    Interesting... thanks for sharing that article. Its the first I've heard of it so I stand corrected. That being said, if it ever gets formally proposed outside of this advisory group, it would be well publicized and there will be a ton of public pushback on it. I personally have mixed feelings...
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    Montana preference point draw odds, archery elk

    You are mistaken. General lets you hunt both and there are no immediate plans to change that. If it gets proposed you will know because people's heads will explode.
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