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Montana apps/draw
6x6in6:
If people who applied, or at least those who chose not to apply are paying attention, generally speaking Montana's snow pack is running in excess of 100% of average again this year like last year. It's another late winter shaping up for the 2nd year in a row.
My gut says, because of the snow pack, the economy, the price, etc, that they will not meet the combo quantity set aside.
I chose not to apply and we shall see if I made an oops here. Going to wait and see what happens in other draws and if I come up blank I may go after a leftover MT combo tag.
bearpaw:
--- Quote from: JPhelps on March 20, 2012, 07:56:44 AM ---I'm curious if anyone has an idea if Montana was under subscribed again?
We took a calculated risk and didn't buy a preference point based on the last few years and I am curious if it will bite us. We put in for the big game combo .
Does anyone have a clue? I thought Dale or someone else might have an inside source.
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There is no news coming from the MFWP or MOGA yet on availability, but I do expect there to be left over tags. Last year half my MT hunters bought left over tags.
vandeman17:
My old man and I put in for just elk and then we put in for the hardest to draw special permit since our intention was to just get a bonus point and since they don't do ghost points, this was the best we could come up with. If you get your general tag and not the special permit then you get 80% of your money back. Basically we are just trying to build a few points for some better elk hunts down the road.
huntnphool:
--- Quote from: 6x6in6 on March 20, 2012, 10:43:56 AM ---If people who applied, or at least those who chose not to apply are paying attention, generally speaking Montana's snow pack is running in excess of 100% of average again this year like last year. It's another late winter shaping up for the 2nd year in a row.
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I don't know what part of the state you hunt but in the SE it wasn't the snow that was the problem. Last year it warmed enough to melt the snow but not dry out, then additional cold fronts froze the ground and created a lot of ice that kept the critters from feeding.
The late spring did have a positive effect on the food, the deer and elk in the SE had loads of it.
I spoke with my friends over there this weekend and the temps are warmer than here. Lows have been in the mid 40's and highs this week will be in the 70's, 75 expected for the weekend.
buckhorn2:
We did;nt get drawn last year then bought over the counter and they still gave us a bonus point for this years drawing.
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