Montana Mega Meat Hunt

[bearpaw]

Montana Mega Meat Hunt
I have a few ranchers who want me to take out 40 to 60 whitetail doe deer yearly. In Montana you can buy up to 7 tags per person depending on the area and year, we have been able to get at least 2 tags if we buy them early every year. I have had some hunters who have boght 3 and 4 tags in the past. I need groups of two or more hunters, 1 or 2 guides will keep everybody on productive deer hunts and help gut and skin. Most hunting will be in blinds or stands watching game trails going to crops that the deer are damaging. Hunt cost is $350 for the first deer hunt, expand your hunt for additional deer for $250 each hunt. No shoot/no pay policy. Hunt up to 7 deer (if that many tags are available for the area) for only $1850. Book for next year, first come first serve on available dates. 60 doe is the max, when I hit that number we will no longer have any available. $100 deposit books a hunt. Plan 2 to 4 days for a hunt depending on how many deer you want. If you need to hunt extra days than planned we will make it work.

Hunting Season
Late October until the Sunday after Thanksgiving in November, we will try to fit your schedule.

Licenses
You must have a Conservation License and a Hunting Access Enhancement plus the number of deer licenses that you want to hunt. Here are some examples of license fees:

One Doe License 
1 CONSERVATION LICENSE              $10.00
1 HUNTING ACCESS ENHANCEMENT $10.00
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
  CONVENIENCE FEE                           $3.70
                      Total:                         $98.70
 
Seven Doe Licenses 
1 CONSERVATION LICENSE              $10.00
1 HUNTING ACCESS ENHANCEMENT $10.00
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
1 DEER B LICENSE                            $75.00
  ANTLERLESS WHITETAIL
  CONVENIENCE FEE                         $15.17
                     Total:                         $560.17
 
Lodging & Meals (provide your own)
- 24 Hour greasy spoon restaurant in town
- Grocery store in town
- Motels are $25 to $40 per person for shared room
- Camping $12 to $25 per night at private campgrounds
- You could drive to some BLM ground and camp for free

Ranch Locations
The ranches are all located north of Billings and east of Billings:
From Spokane:  641 mi, 9 hours 47 mins to the farthest ranch
From Seattle:  919 mi, 14 hours 16 mins to the farthest ranch

This will be a fun time, send me a pm and we'll get you set up for the hunt.

 

[bearpaw]

Hunters who worry about the price per pound better give up hunting. 

I am offering these doe hunts for about the same cost as two or three tanks of gas, no kill/no pay, I don't think there is a better deal anywhere. That's only $1850 for 7 deer, and I am guaranteeing sucess. 

[Michelle_Nelson]

What time from are we looking at?  When can you start removing does and when do you have to stop? 

How much are the Hunting licenses and tags?

[Duffer]

Can we get more details? like:

How far across Montana? ie: how much fuel do I have to figure in! 
What would be the plan for 'housing and food'? ie: Do I need to pull my trailer too?   
When and what weapon? (I presume late/modern)
So total out of state license/tag/fees?

 

Sorry Michelle! didn't mean to dup your post 

[bearpaw]

updated the first post with more info... 

3 or 4 of you could carpool and cut down costs... 

[Ripper]

When could we hunt this year? Will it be available over Thanksgiving?  Christmas time?  Is this the same ranch the the Buffalo hunt's take place on?

[D-Rock425]

I could probably plan and swing something like this next year but not this year.  Would be cool to get a hunt wa deer camp together for a trip like that.

[Ripper]

I'm in D-Rock, I think there are enough of us that already know each other to have a substantial camp. That would be a blast. I could take 3 with me in my truck. Gonna need a bunch of coolers to hold 28 deer! Even boned out.

[hunt4]

so your basically supplying a trespass fee? $1850 for seven deer, Tags($560), food(?) ,lodging($400) ,processing, and transportation($650) on us.
560
162
100
1850
?
= about $3000 per person group of 4 coming from wet side 

It sure would be fun and tasty, nothing much  better than a butterball whitetail 

[bearpaw]

This will be a guided hunt with 1 or 2 guides keeping everybody on productive deer hunts and helping to gut and skin.

I can envision a lot of hanging deer with a good group of hunters. 

There are 5 or 6 motels which have rooms with 2 to 3 beds per room. I would say room cost for a shared room will be $25 to $40 per person depending on which motel you choose and whether 2 or 3 beds per room. The place I stay is about $75 per 3 beds, clean and nice.

[Whitpirate]

I'm interested but will need to see if I can drum up a buddy or two to share expenses.  What's the typical whitetail doe out there BearPaw?  Similar to Colville? 

[nw_bowhunter]

 Intersting idea, I could see this would be fun exp to shoot a bunch of deer and trip to MT. Although this exp will certainly costs some money!

[bearpaw]

I'm interested but will need to see if I can drum up a buddy or two to share expenses.  What's the typical whitetail doe out there BearPaw?  Similar to Colville?

Pretty close to the same size.

[washelkhunter]

How much is the OTC doe tag after the initial license?

[bearpaw]

How much is the OTC doe tag after the initial license?

License & Tag are $80 each (over the counter)

$80 is the total cost for each deer tag. A person does not have to do 7 hunts, you could do 1 or 2, or whatever amount up to 7 deer.