Montana Surplus Tags

[Wea300mag]

Anyone else who didn't draw in WA thinking of picking up a surplus combo from MT? I'm thinking real hard.

http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/nowAvailable.html

[cem3434]

A group of my buddies already have tags, so I guess I should think about it now. 

[Feanix]

Im probably going to pick up a couple surplus doe tags to fill the freezer and do some scouting. My hunting group is planning a bucks and bulls trip for next season.

[doyourtime89]

Great idea for a meat run   

[KNOPHISH]

Waiting for the antelope draw about July 15th & if selected I may get one or the other if still available. Oh yeah woof tags are $50.

[YellowDog]

Waiting for the antelope draw about July 15th & if selected I may get one or the other if still available. Oh yeah woof tags are $50.

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[Feanix]

Great idea for a meat run   

Exactly. I need to get over and get the lay of the land anyway, so might as well. Wolf hunt would be cool too since they dropped NR tags to $50

[Bull Crazy]

I'm thinking about it. Never have hunted out of state before and not real sure where to go.

[Whitpirate]

I'm considering it.

[Bigshooter]

I'm thinking about it. Never have hunted out of state before and not real sure where to go.

If you have only hunted WA, you are really missing out.

[matt345]

I bought a Deer Tag. Does anyone know if they still have Elk tags left, and if so can you upgrade to the combo for the price difference rather than having to pay the full price of the Elk Tag. Also I did not see Surplus doe tags on the website. Any idea of price??

[Bigshooter]

I bought a Deer Tag. Does anyone know if they still have Elk tags left, and if so can you upgrade to the combo for the price difference rather than having to pay the full price of the Elk Tag. Also I did not see Surplus doe tags on the website. Any idea of price??

I can only answer one of those question.  They still have elk tags left.

[matt345]

Seems as though their website wont load??

[Feanix]

Surplus antlerless tags go on sale August 5th. The only doe tags you can buy right now are the single region whitetail tags which are otc.

[YellowDog]

I bought a Deer Tag. Does anyone know if they still have Elk tags left, and if so can you upgrade to the combo for the price difference rather than having to pay the full price of the Elk Tag. Also I did not see Surplus doe tags on the website. Any idea of price??

I called a couple weeks ago to ask MT Fish & Game this question and was told the only way is to return the deer tag for an 80% refund and buy the big game combo

[Karl Blanchard]

I told myself that I am gonna kill a branch bull for Aaron this year so since I didn't draw in Wa I bought a OTC tag for the unit I drew for deer in Colorado.  However the more I think about it, Aaron wasn't a rifle hunter and like me he loved to call elk so now I am thinking of a MT elk archery hunt.  Only state that will work with my vacation time (Sept. 28- Oct 6th). Still undecided though as I have no clue where to go for elk in that state, mule deer yes, elk no.  Might just stay home and find some poor sap with a muzzy permit to drag around for a week. Gotta love the fact that you can now use Montana as a fall back plan if other states fall through. -Karl

[deerslyr]

I told myself that I am gonna kill a branch bull for Aaron this year so since I didn't draw in Wa I bought a OTC tag for the unit I drew for deer in Colorado.  However the more I think about it, Aaron wasn't a rifle hunter and like me he loved to call elk so now I am thinking of a MT elk archery hunt.  Only state that will work with my vacation time (Sept. 28- Oct 6th). Still undecided though as I have no clue where to go for elk in that state, mule deer yes, elk no.  Might just stay home and find some poor sap with a muzzy permit to drag around for a week. Gotta love the fact that you can now use Montana as a fall back plan if other states fall through. -Karl

Ill take you out BLR man. Ill be living in the woods all of September. Heres some scouting footage from Saturday http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,128028.0.html PM if your interested.

[cem3434]

I told myself that I am gonna kill a branch bull for Aaron this year so since I didn't draw in Wa I bought a OTC tag for the unit I drew for deer in Colorado.  However the more I think about it, Aaron wasn't a rifle hunter and like me he loved to call elk so now I am thinking of a MT elk archery hunt.  Only state that will work with my vacation time (Sept. 28- Oct 6th). Still undecided though as I have no clue where to go for elk in that state, mule deer yes, elk no.  Might just stay home and find some poor sap with a muzzy permit to drag around for a week. Gotta love the fact that you can now use Montana as a fall back plan if other states fall through. -Karl

Ill take you out BLR man. Ill be living in the woods all of September. Heres some scouting footage from Saturday http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,128028.0.html PM if your interested.

Great gesture, hopefully BLRman takes you up on the offer!

[Labs07]

How much are the tags?  I will by a Wyoming tag in a few weeks for 300 out the door for cow/calf.

[Bigshooter]

How much are the tags?  I will by a Wyoming tag in a few weeks for 300 out the door for cow/calf.

How much is what tag?

[Labs07]

Elk or deer tag.

[Bigshooter]

Deer $565ish
Elk $815ish
Deer elk combo $965ish

[Karl Blanchard]

I told myself that I am gonna kill a branch bull for Aaron this year so since I didn't draw in Wa I bought a OTC tag for the unit I drew for deer in Colorado.  However the more I think about it, Aaron wasn't a rifle hunter and like me he loved to call elk so now I am thinking of a MT elk archery hunt.  Only state that will work with my vacation time (Sept. 28- Oct 6th). Still undecided though as I have no clue where to go for elk in that state, mule deer yes, elk no.  Might just stay home and find some poor sap with a muzzy permit to drag around for a week. Gotta love the fact that you can now use Montana as a fall back plan if other states fall through. -Karl

Ill take you out BLR man. Ill be living in the woods all of September. Heres some scouting footage from Saturday http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,128028.0.html PM if your interested.

  Appreciate the offer sir but this one is a little too personal to share.  I think I got it figured out.  Now to get my shoulder back into "bow bending" shape.  Blew it out this spring and its still a little iffy.  Hope you drop the hammer on a brute this fall  -Karl

[Wea300mag]

For those on the fence, here is some data that lets you know you still have lots of time to decide. The numbers shown were the total still available on that date.

                  $954                     $804                     $565    
         Big Game Combos:        Elk Combos:        Deer Combos:   
  5/9/2013   1935                    2351                    1367   
5/15/2013   1846                    2328                    1283   
5/21/2013   1791                    2310                    1204   
5/30/2013   1748                    2293                    1118   
  6/4/2013   1692                    2291                    1039                  
6/11/2013   1639                    2285                      965   
6/18/2013   1610                    2278                      913   
6/25/2013   1570                    2268                      864   
  7/3/2013   1528                    2258                      795   
                        
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

[bearpaw]

Last year I was able to get deer tags after season had started, I expect the same this year.

[Bigshooter]

I think deer combos will sell out this year.  Last year deer combos didn't go on sale until August.  And there are less deer combos for sale this year and they went on sale in May.

[matt345]

Does any one know if its possible to buy a second out of state deer tag for montana if you fill your first one. When I have hunted Idaho out of state you paid the out of state fee for the first one and if there were more available you could go back into town and buy one for the same price as the resident tag.

[Bigshooter]

Can't do that in MT.

[DRENALINJUNKIE]

We bought 4 deer tags this morning. Headed east in November to chase some deer with my dad and good buddy with his dad should be a great trip. There were only 78 left as of this afternoon.

[kramman]

They are now sold out of deer combo; you can still buy big game combo and elk . there r 6 of us heading for s.e Montana to chase deer. Good luck to everyone

[Houndhunter]

Have fun, Montana is good country

[KNOPHISH]

Not sure if it's state wide but you can get 2nd whitey doe tags.

[Jingles]

Deer $565ish
Elk $815ish
Deer elk combo $965ish

All the talk about MT being a fall back state was beginning to sound pretty good til you posted the prices of the tags and that puts it out of my bucket list of possible adventures, Especially since the  blood test every 3 months is running right at $900.00 and the insurance won't cover them.

[Ridgerunner]

Montana is getting pricey for sure

[Wea300mag]

Montana is over priced. I'm surprised they sold out on the Deer combos, but it was the lowest price option available. There are still over 3000 Big Game and Elk combos remaining. That's almost $3M in lost revenue not counting the $$ hunters spend while in state. I hope they get the picture.