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    Official Montana 2023 Draw Thread!

    Got my combo license with 2 PP! Woohoo!
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    • Post #416
    • Forum: Elk
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    Anyone with Honey bees?

    Sounds like you're doing it right. Can't believe the price of bees and equip now, I used to buy complete hives with two supers of drawn comb for $50-60, and queens were $3-4. I always recommend adding supers before you think they need them, helps control swarming and if they start hauling in...
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    Shotgun Training

    The longer you track the clay you're more likely going to miss. I drop the end of the barrel and then pull it up if there is going to be a delay in shooting. I took some training and it was OK, but really it's just a matter of repetition. Shoot the stations you miss most at until you figure...
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    Fargo, ND

    Sounds like Scheels should open a pub and have everything to do in Fargo covered under one roof.
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    Anyone with Honey bees?

    I used to be a commercial beekeeper way back. Had 12-1300 hives, moved them back and forth from WA to CA. I help a lady with her bees now. She's struggled with them and spent a ton of money on stuff through the years. Mites are a big problem now, I never had to deal with that. Unless you are...
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    You have one shot, one broadhead….

    Tooth XL. I used to use Exodus and have nothing bad to say about them (elk in pic was taken with one) but the TOTA hits where my field points do everytime and they are super tough.
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    best Indoor 3D ranges in the west

    I've never shot it but my son lives close to Straight Six Archery in Bozeman and he said they have a great indoor 3D course.
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    Elk -3-What Would You Do!

    Cut the distance in half and throw out another round up. See what happens from there
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    Father & Son Elk Photos!

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    How did you guys who had no one to teach you get into hunting?

    Dad didn't hunt, didn't know anyone that did. Tried deer hunting in my early 20s, unsuccessful, got busy with life and didn't get back into it until my sons asked me to come to MT and go pheasant hunting. That led to elk, etc. Wish I'd had the time and money to get into it a lot sooner. Glad...
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    Truck brands actual MPG vs sticker

    2014 F150 with the 5.0. Will get 19 hwy and 9-11 when towing a 7500lb camper trailer. The mileage on newer trucks is really impressive compared to some of the older trucks I've had. Bought a new F350 with 12' flatbed in 78. That thing got 8- 9 mpg, loaded or empty. I had a Freightliner COE...
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    Winter kill is real

    2' of snow dumped in Bozeman area last night, on top of existing base.
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    • Post #20
    • Forum: Elk
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    Ever Used Your Sidearm While Hunting?

    As far as caliber is concerned, everyone has their own opinion. Personally, I went from 357 to 44 mag after having a couple of encounters with grizzlies, and my sons (live and hunt MT griz areas) having several encounters (one with an enormous griz). I felt that considering the size of a bear...
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    Ever Used Your Sidearm While Hunting?

    Have drawn twice on griz in MT, no shots. If you are going to hunt MT you should be prepared to encounter griz. They are expanding their territory and showing up in new areas. Become proficient with your firearm. If bow hunting practice with your release on, it can get in the way especially...
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    Whats in your wallet?.......

    Carhartt leather tri fold. Have had it about 5 years, looks like it will be good for 20 more.
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    Elk calling tactics and tips: ElkNut App?

    elk nut app +1
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    Re-Decking a Raft Trailer

    I found some treated (like for ground contact) 3/4' ply for the deck on my utility trailer. It's held up well for several years now in wet western WA.
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    Campers?

    I take our pull trailer to MT every year and it's worked well for us. It's been in some pretty nasty places and hasn't been a big problem anywhere. I usually know where I'm going so I know I can get turned around. With family, especially in griz country I'd really recommend one. Makes the...
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    • Post #36
    • Forum: Elk
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    Rookie Self-Guided Elk Hunt

    Your best investment will be to take a trip to wherever you are planning on hunting before the season and actually see the area, terrain, etc. The "west" is a big place and even when you narrow it down it's still big and can be totally confusing and intimidating to a first timer.
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    • Post #23
    • Forum: Elk
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    A bill to set aside 2550 tags for wealthy nonresident landowners is being proposed in Montana

    I can see both sides of this, I'm NR but both my sons have lived in MT for a long time. I hunt in MT every year with them, or at least I used to, and for awhile I qualified for the "Come home to hunt" tags which never made any sense to me because I have never lived in MT. I have noticed some...

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