Montana Spring Bear 2025 Start to Finish

[bigbassfish]

Any run ins with wolves up North? For $50 I’lil be sure to have one regardless.

 

[jtevanMT]

Lots of turkeys, mostly in lower elevation areas is Western and SW MT. We have typically filled our turkey tags (archery) before the snow melt allows for green-up and prime time for bears.

Generally, turkeys are in the lower elevation areas and bears are following the snow line up eating new grass so you will find them when moving to and from glassing spots.

I noticed the bass in your signature. If you fill tags early, there is some world-class smallmouth (5-8 lb fish are common) fishing on Noxon, CoeurDAlene, Fort Peck, and Dworshak. I can provide information on guides if needed or send me a PM (I might be headed out if not chasing bears or fishing a tournament).

 

[bigbassfish]

That's some great info! We're tentatively planning to head up the last week of May into the first week of June, but we should be able to flex that one way or another depending on snow once we get a little closer. We bass fish in the spring quite a bit, although recently we target walleye more than anything else. I hadn't thought of anything other than trout so I'll look into it for sure