Hunted 49-2nd rifle two years ago. It is beautiful country, but not worth that many points. There's a decent number of elk, but never saw a bull over 310. And the one decent bull was a long ways off. I wouldn't go into the hunt expecting anything big. We didn't hunt the Buffalo Peaks, we...
Red for me on archery elk. But my dad and brother both drew 3rd rifle elk tags. It’ll be their first time hunting NM. Should be fun! Congrats to all that drew tags.
What is the main purpose of the pack? How the pack will carry your intended loads is more important than how waterproof your pack is. I have about a dozen different packs, lol. But for hunting I rely on one type of pack that is versatile and can carry very heavy loads comfortably for me...
Used one of the Stihl saws two years ago. One of the guys in camp brought it along. I was impressed with it for sure! We used it for cutting all our camp firewood. Battery lasted much longer than I thought it would. And charge was quick. We had it along with us on all of our hunts, as we...
One thing to think about with the 4x4 rental. Even if it is a true 4x4, the tires on the truck/suv will be the light duty, most likely P-rated tires. They won’t be good LT-rated off road tires. I have rented 4x4s many times and also had trouble with flat tires. And many times there’s wording...
It depends on the year for me. But usually between 60-100 days a year.
January - archery deer, waterfowl and upland
Feb-March - coyote
April - turkey
May-Jul -not much. May get out for some coyote or rabbit
August - archery deer, bear
September - archery elk. for at least two weeks...
Another vote for the Cooper ST Maxx. I run them on some pretty demanding off road on my 2013 Tundra. They are pretty quiet on the highway and do great offroad. The Kevlar sidewalls have saved me a couple of times. They are almost indestructible. I would have torn through a couple of...
I've hunted MT before. Even got myself a little bull with my bow. And our group picked up a few nice bucks too.
That was a couple years ago though. So maybe they have run out the bright green tags. Lol.
I have several states where I had to print out my own tag on regular old printer...
My party drew big game combo according to the website but none of us have received an email from the MT FWP. Not sure if that really matters as long as it shows up on my account online and they mail the tags.
I have probably lost all my photos from my first hunts. We were pretty successful most years in ID, but I've had computers and hard drives crash with all those photos lost along the way.
Here is my first archery bull though. First archery elk hunt. Day 10. Was solo on this morning as my...
Fly if you are in need of time. I have had great experiences with both Southwest and Alaska Airlines when flying for hunts. I have flown back east for a 4-day whitetail hunt and brought back several coolers of meat. Also flown down to Tucson several times for Jan archery hunts. And the...
We have killed large cows and smaller cows in just about every state we have hunted. The only place I could definitely say the cows are larger is anywhere you can find Rosies. As for the Rocky cows, I couldn't say that any one state was better/larger than others.
OTC tags are going to be getting harder and harder to come by. I am building points in several states so that I can hopefully be on a rotation to have a decent hunt almost every year. And take advantage of the OTC opportunities while I can. Missed out on ID the last two years and that is the...