I actually drew it. When I put in for NV, my buddy gave me some 3rd and 4th choice options. It was my 4th choice with 5 NR points. I’m in pretty good shape. We will see how it goes.
The larger calibers make the errors larger. Haha.
I’ve seen so many guys bang away with large caliber rifles. It’s really sad. I think maybe a reason is because the gun is not fun and not cheap to shoot.
Put that 143 grain right behind the front shoulder and let r rip. Creedmoor all...
Hey man. I didn’t mean to get personal. I spent 12 years driving every road from Alzada to Plentywood—-over to Libby and down to Darby and back to Alzada.
I just wish there were more mule deer on the landscape like there used to be——that’s all.
At 176 tags a year that’s absolutely what’s going to happen. You start putting in for manti mid season right now and I’d be surprised if they don’t draw in 12 years. They’ll probably pull a random tag before then.
There’s only so many elk to go around. Are people really wanting to have...
It takes less
The vast majority of hunters applying for an LE tag are not hoping for a 250” bull. Most have a 300-320” bull in their minds when they go sight the rifle in. These Manti odds are pretty favorable. A dozen years is not OIL.
If you can’t kill a 300” on the late manti then...
“You would”
Is that a question?
I started building elk points in 2004 when I was 24. The top units would still be 15 or more years away. It’s always been that way. I drew Wasatch late in 2019 with 14 points.
Either one of your kids can draw a Wasatch tag in the next decade or so. Nothing...
Bro,
I never said anything about score. I’ve killed a handful of bucks in Montana that don’t score 160—- but I know that they are mature.
We all know what an immature buck looks like. You of all people shouldn’t be telling anyone to get off a “high horse” and not have an opinion.
If...
I’m a NR. I lived in Montana from 2006-2017. I’m back home in Utah now. The mentally of “meat buck” and filling a tag just to fill a tag is lost on me——and the vast majority of others who hunt. Even of they don’t say it, most think it.
It’s an easy suggestion. If it’s a mature buck...
Montana doesn’t give out a certain amount of tags per region. You can get a NR general tag and hunt in any of the regions. The only thing you can’t do is hunt an LE unit within a given region.
Here’s the thing. People can use their tag and shoot whatever they want but two things remain...
Art, I hear that large swath of private near you that used to be known for candy bars—-the new owners don’t predator hunt and the deer have taken it in the shorts. Is that correct? How else do you explain pivot lines that have no deer that used to hold hundreds/thousands?
Did the poison ridge monster get killed? Any pics?
The two bulls I saw this year over 340” are still alive. I can’t believe it but they both made it through all the hunts.
Helping someone who has the tag is just as fun as having it. I’d rather have older age class bulls to look at and wait my turn for the most part.
Looking over rag horns and 260 class 5x5s on an LE unit gets old!!!
Seriously, Blaster? You outfit on the snatch, what do guys expect to get a shot on when they come? How many guys out of 10 are happy with getting on HWY 40 with a sub 300” bull in the back of their truck?
Im just curious.
Cool vid man!!!! Thanks for sharing. Congrats on the hard earned bull.
I called in one of the biggest bulls I’ve ever seen to 17 yards one morning back in like 2014. All I had was the frontal shot. I didn’t shoot. I’ve regretted not letting that arrow fly ever since.
Don’t listen to...