Awesome dogs!! I had an incredible Boykin when I was growing up. The-best-retriever-ever, flushed ground birds in range, coursed deer and turkeys back to me and would find wounded deer. His hips, eyes and ears were gone by 11 hard hunting years. 30 years later I still think about him nearly...
I have to say that one of my favorite places to hunt I am never more than 100 yds from fresh grizzly sign. Lots of elk, plenty of grizzlies. I also definitely never miss an evening hunt it’s the magic hour! I do ditch the rifle for my shortbarreled 12 ga 870 when retrieving quarters that were...
I keep my bear spray on my pack’s chest harness during rifle and bow and another canister on my side when bow hunting. I don’t carry a handgun. I only bow hunt with a partner but I rifle hunt and camp alone most of my rifle outings. A rifle gives me a false sense of security. I’m up close with...
I love my beretta semi auto (in above freezing temperatures) and my benelli semi auto (cycles dirty in subzero temps) for doves, waterfowl and turkey but for fast flushing birds like quail a fast swinging double barreled 20 or 28 ga is where it’s at. My favorite for this is a ruger red label 20...
Like lion chaser said guided hunts in MT can only take place through a licensed outfitter. If you are searching for an outfitter on a $4000-or-less budget and hunting on public land you are likely to get ripped off-glorified pickup truck ride at best. Call up/email the FWP bear biologist asap...
Nobody on this sight ever shares their elk hunting areas but they’re willing to tell everyone about their favorite state, town, bird hunting spot. Haha wtf
There are no meaningful conservation easements and ultimately never will be because we are dealing with real estate developers teasing out their next 30 year project.
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I really dislike Steve Daines. I am someone who lives in MT so that he can access and use public land and water. Steve Daines ripped me off big time with this one, especially considering that he was in the position to do the exact opposite and defend historic public access to public...
Sienkiewicz seemed to be acting in line with agency policy of “defending historic trail access rights if challenged,” as one 2002Forest Service briefing paper put it. But the ranger’s approach angered some landowners who, in late 2016 and early 2017, complained about his “aggressive attitude” in...
My big takeaway from this is that I’m reminded again of how Steve Daines has the moral compass of a sewer rat. I hope his future is bleak and sad. I remember that airtime Randy gave Steve on his podcast-Steve rambled on and on about his love for public land and elk while skirting the questions...