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Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« on: November 10, 2010, 05:22:20 AM »
I can't wait, my buddy and I are leaving for a 12 day deer hunt in the Big sky country  :IBCOOL:. Lets hope our scouting trip back in Sept pays off, Both of us have a buck and doe tag so the truck is going to turn into a meat cart  :chuckle:. It sure makes it hard to concentrate at work.   Wish us luck  :whoo:

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 06:43:21 AM »
good luck to you guys,be safe and have a blast..hope ya fill all your tags

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 12:52:23 PM »
Good Luck!

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 01:03:36 PM »
Good luck
You guys should do well as the wt rut is just winding up over in Montana with the mule deer starting next week. Plus some colder weather and snow.

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2010, 01:07:41 PM »
12 days away from work and out chasing around deer sounds like heaven. I am going to Montana over Thanksgiving for a few days and I can't wait!! Good luck. Looking forward to the pictures.
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2010, 09:53:12 AM »
The day is finally here, were leaving in a little bit, Man I'm stoked :IBCOOL: I'll try to keep everyone posted from Montana, Hope I can get 3G coverage. See ya in 12 days  :IBCOOL:

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2010, 10:07:58 AM »
good luck and be safe. Hope you get some good animals
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2010, 07:59:30 PM »
Good luck to you, be safe & have fun...

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2010, 08:27:51 PM »
Sounds like a lot of fun and hard work but going to Montana this time of the year it will be a good times hunting. Good luck guys.. :bfg: watch out for the wolves...

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2010, 09:56:59 PM »
Keep the finger off the trigger you've got plenty of time. 

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2010, 10:13:18 PM »
knock em dead :IBCOOL:
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2010, 10:58:45 PM »
Good luck man. Have a blast. Be safe and keep us updated.
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2010, 11:09:17 PM »
Good luck and keep us posted on your hunt!
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2010, 08:36:48 AM »
good luck gobble bring back a big'n
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2010, 05:47:32 PM »
I just passed on a 5x4 mulie that was 26 in wide and 24-26 in talk in our
first 10 min hunting tonight, hope I don't end up regretting it

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2010, 06:22:00 PM »
You have better trigger control then me. Good luck.

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2010, 04:36:31 PM »
On our way home from MT with two four point bucks and two does, man I'm tired, had a blast, pics to follow

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2010, 05:12:55 PM »
good deal. look forward to pics
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2010, 05:16:30 PM »
Cool! I will be watching for pics!
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2010, 05:32:52 PM »
Drive safe! The roads were nasty on our way home Wednesday!! :o

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2010, 05:53:09 PM »
hurry up with the pics and stories!!!!!! Hope you got a monster 4x4 and aren't regretting the pass on the 4x5  ;)
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2010, 02:58:28 PM »
We got back on Fri, 19th. Tagged out on 3 whitetail bucks. I missed 1 realy nice mulie, just a bit to far for me. Ended up dumping a nice 5x5 whitetail on Thurs morning. Saw lots of animals and even smoked a prairie dog. will post picts soon.

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2010, 03:05:45 PM »
Pics Man Pics :IBCOOL:

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow (updated with Pics)
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2010, 11:45:38 AM »
Finally getting around to posting some pics of our hunt, We both ended up taking Average 4 pts and each of us took a doe. We passed on so many decent 3 pts  and smaller 4 points I couldn't count. I passed on a 26 in wide 24-26 in tall 4x5 that I really regret not taking in the first ten min of hunting, this was our first trip to Montana and they always say don shoot the first deer you see, we had just seen 5 bucks in 5 min. and this one happened to be on public land by 10 feet, the others were on private on the way in. The first two days of hunting were great, the weather was perfect for hunting, our first day of hunting was nov 13 and we were hunting for 12 days. We saw several smaller bucks and a few decent ones on the firs two days but nothing to write home about so I passed on them, a couple were huge 3x3's that I could have taken easily. We had rutting deer everywhere and had several 3pts and a 4x2 pushing does within 20 yrds of me, That never gets old  ;) I love watching them.  After the first 2 days of hunting the weather really went bad, It was cold, raining, snowing, and road conditions were terrible. I don't know how many inches of rain fell the next 3 days but it was WET. When it rains there the deer bed down and don't move, nothing like here where the deer just go about their business. We weren't seeing hardly any animals and we were starting to get worried, 2 days had gone by and the animals were no where to be fouind. I spotted my buck  a half mile away bedded down at the base of a juniper bush. I had a small draw that would take me to within 100 yrds of the buck that I could make a stalk from. I headed out from the truck and my buddy stayed back to watch the show. I made my way thru the drainage   periodically popping up to check my heading. I finally finished closing the distance to 40 yrds. I spotted the buck and watched him for 20 mins trying to decide if I was going to take him, here is the draw where I made my stalk from...  

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2010, 11:55:23 AM »
Great looking country
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2010, 12:17:25 PM »
After staring at the buck for 20 mins thru my scope I decided I would rather take a smaller 4x4 than eat tag soup. It was a tough decision for me because we had passed on several deer that were bigger. The wind was blowing 40 mph by now and I had to time the gusts in order to take a shot, I was resting my gun on a small pine tree and had to shoot thru a small sage bush he was bedded behind.....BANG. The 180gr Nosler found its way. The buck had no idea what hit him. My buddy watched the entire thing thru his binos a half mile away, he said all he saw was the deer fall over the several seconds later he heard the boom. Buck Down

 

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2010, 12:20:50 PM »
A few more pics

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2010, 12:23:04 PM »
A few bucks we saw

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Re: Montana Hunt Pics
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2010, 12:24:47 PM »
One more

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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2010, 03:14:13 PM »
Nice job guys!   8)  Glad you enjoyed your time in the Holy Land   :)
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #30 on: December 11, 2010, 04:35:18 PM »
Fort Peck CMR?
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Re: Leaving for Montana Tomorrow
« Reply #31 on: December 11, 2010, 05:45:20 PM »
Fort Peck CMR?

Nope, we were in the SE part of the state

 


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