Hunting Montana - Any Advice?

[Pathfinder101]

I wonder how our new regs are going to affect MT?  Lots of people fed up and looking out of state in the last 3 days (I'm one of them)...

[dbllunger]

Would if I could I just can't afford back to back years. 

[huntnphool]

Would if I could I just can't afford back to back years.

Spoken like a true optimist

[Stomper]

Do you have to pay the fee before you get drawn?Or just the point fee and the raffle fee?

[270Shooter]

Do you have to pay the fee before you get drawn?Or just the point fee and the raffle fee?

You have to pay for the whole license and point if you want. So for just deer and a point it will be 363 dollars. If you aren't drawn you get it all back minus the 20 dollars for the point a 5 dollars for a processing fee. So you would get 338 dollars back.

[Whitetail Chaser]

Great advice, thanks.  Dbllunger, you wrote about applying for a permit to get in the running for a good area to hunt mule deer.  Is that something I would do after (if) I get drawn for the Combo A licence?  Also, can anyone recommend a good area to hunt mule deer in Montana?  Which areas have you had luck getting pulled for a permit and had success hunting?  I'm looking at a mid to late November hunt and I can drive to anywhere in the state.  What do you think?

Mark

[dbllunger]

If you are looking a good unit to hunt MD at that time of year you will have to draw.   There are other areas where you can kill a MD, but you can kill bucks like those in WA just as easily.  Oh, yes you apply after you are drawn.  It is really easy and they publish a lot of stats on success rate.  The only problem is they are like WA and a point is a point for antlers.  So to them a 4x4 is a 4x4, but there is a huge difference between a 2-3YOA or 5-6YOA.

[270Shooter]

Lots of public land over there. But you may want to find a landowner that will let you hunt. I kinda have a connection for a place over there with about 8,000 acres. But from what they have told me a lot of people will let you hunt if you just ask them. This is in north centeral montana.

[dbllunger]

Most deffinately if you bow hunt.  You better start asking early as yes answers turn to no after Sept..

[Whitetail Chaser]

Sounds great.  I guess I'll wait to see if I get drawn for the Combo A licence and, if I do, then figure out which permit area to try for.  Appreciate the help, thanks!

[Whitetail Chaser]

Dbllunger, any advice on how best to approach landowners?  I plan on making a scouting trip over to Montana this summer.  Is that too late to arrange a place to hunt? 

[ipkus]

Dbllunger, any advice on how best to approach landowners?  I plan on making a scouting trip over to Montana this summer.  Is that too late to arrange a place to hunt? 

A cooler full of smoked salmon has never hurt us...

[Stomper]

I send my Dad home to montana with smoked salmon every year.He says people around town will pay big money for fresh smoked salmon.The smoked salmon is a dead ringer,if you want to get somewhere with a montanan.

[Whitetail Chaser]

Perfect!  I'll fire up the smoker...  Thanks!   

[Pathfinder101]

Good to know.  I was going to bring a bottle of Pendleton's, but I like the salmon idea better.  Wider appeal...