375H&H
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What are some of your favorite western towns to either live in, travel to, hunt out of, or are most friendly to hunters? I will start out by putting one of my favorites Arvada, Wyoming. Straight out of the 1800s.
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Carnage2011
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Not a specific town, but I love the big hole valley in Montana. I feel like it's a valley that time forgot.
Bigjay73
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Tombstone Az. Some big bucks, lots of quail and javelina. Stuff gets pretty weird in town after dark. Just a cool place to hang out
LopeHunter
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I have generally been welcomed as a hunter though rarely as an out-of-stater. I have a buddy that puts local plates on his vehicle when he parks at a trailhead. He gets them off of eBay. Less monkey business with his rig that way.
I enjoyed Rawlins, Cody and Jackson in WY. Idaho Falls in ID. Ely in NV. Leadville in CO. Whitefish in MT. Flagstaff in AZ. Burns in OR.
I enjoyed Rawlins, Cody and Jackson in WY. Idaho Falls in ID. Ely in NV. Leadville in CO. Whitefish in MT. Flagstaff in AZ. Burns in OR.
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I'm from the Pocatello area in Idaho, and can't complain, I-15 runs N-S, and I-86 gets me further west! Can be to some great hunting and fishing within an hour's drive!
Irrelevant
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Froid MT. No cell service, techni color landscape, lot's of birds, friendly people.
Stanley ID, best mountain setting.
Stanley ID, best mountain setting.
Arvada! That is so ironic as I was just there a month ago. You are so correct about how it is out of the 1800s. I love that bar. My daughter and I had a burger in there and had some great conversations with the locals.
grandejuan
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Flagstaff AZ for me. Forty years of fun and frolic, 120 inches of snow, great elk, Kaibab deer and only 4 hours to Las Vegas, great summer weather and the Grand Canyon only 75 miles away. GJ
Big Sky
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I have a several Medicine Lake Montana, Lewistown Montana, Saratoga Wyoming, and last but not least Beaver Utah. That last one is a terrible name for any town, but it really is a cool small town.
onpoint
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Bozeman Montana
Bumper to bumper traffic, great new roundabouts.
Lots of roosters, huns, whitetail bucks - no access.
RO driftboats behind Toyota Tundras driven by large-bearded, flat billed cap wearing 20-30 somethings parked by the dozens at assorted microbreweries.
"Save Bozeman" signs in every east side yard in town - where a tiny house within walking distance to the sushi bar runs about $425,000.
Sitka clad folks everywhere.
Landscaping, dry walling, cement finish, and property management jobs by the thousands.
Body slamming-rich guy-man walked with dinosaur-politicians.
Used to be a great place........
Bumper to bumper traffic, great new roundabouts.
Lots of roosters, huns, whitetail bucks - no access.
RO driftboats behind Toyota Tundras driven by large-bearded, flat billed cap wearing 20-30 somethings parked by the dozens at assorted microbreweries.
"Save Bozeman" signs in every east side yard in town - where a tiny house within walking distance to the sushi bar runs about $425,000.
Sitka clad folks everywhere.
Landscaping, dry walling, cement finish, and property management jobs by the thousands.
Body slamming-rich guy-man walked with dinosaur-politicians.
Used to be a great place........
Forsyth,Montana is an outdoorsman paradise.Has all the big game close by,great bird hunting,and fishing on the yellowstone.I'd move there in a minute
Lander,Wyoming was a decent place to stop for a night before heading into the elk mountains.In fact,I like almost every town I've been to in Wyoming
Fairplay and Gunnison Colorado are really nice
Lander,Wyoming was a decent place to stop for a night before heading into the elk mountains.In fact,I like almost every town I've been to in Wyoming
Fairplay and Gunnison Colorado are really nice
Southern Elk
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Funny...my family thinks Bozeman is great and they think we need to drive up there every week. I share some of the same thoughts as you. I'd rather stay in the Madison Valley. To answer the OPs question, I really like West Yellowstone in the winter when the tourists aren't there. There's snow sledding and ice skating for the kids and people ride snowmobiles right down main street.
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Sorry. That’s hilarious. You guys in MT don’t know how good you have it. I grew up in SW MT and have lived in New York City, Dallas, Philly, and San Antonio since then. Just be thankful. Even for your “traffic”
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Froid is where I grew up.
FAIR CHASE
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Wish I could disagree.
FAIR CHASE
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That is a just plain stupid comparison.
Lone Elk
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Lots of towns in MT I enjoy, but one of the unique ones is Zortman, MT. Unique setting built in a secluded 'canyon', ( I guess) and an outside jail for the rowdies !!
JWP58
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Laramie WY, mainly because of the library and it's brews. I also really enjoyed Boise, bummer they have st income tax. Oh Meeteetsee is a cool little town too with nice folks.
rmyoung1
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Just sayin’ that if you live in Bozeman, you have a lot to be thankful for. If comparing that special corner of the world to other corners of the world is stupid, then I guess I’m guilty as charged. But I digress... Since this was a thread of “favorite western towns” let’s continue the topic rather than bash Bozeman or rush to its defense.
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