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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: 3nails on November 28, 2013, 11:46:23 AM

Title: Rattling Montana
Post by: 3nails on November 28, 2013, 11:46:23 AM: Well we had a great hunt, rattled in 7 or 8 bucks, and spent some great time together in the woods. My dad started things off by shooting a little 4x3 I rattled in early in the hunt. He should of let this one walk, but it's hard to when they come into the horns. Funny thing is my son would have been thrilled with that deer but shot his great buck the next day. The pics don't do his buck justice. It's got great mass and heighth with a couple stickers. I passed up several good bucks but just couldn't find the big one this year. I passed up the buck I shot 2 days earlier at about 20'. He came to the horns all fired up ready to fight but I wanted bigger. With the hunt winding down and me not wanting to eat my tag, I tagged out on him when he made the mistake of coming to the rattling again.
I found some new areas that I'm sure will produce something big but will have to wait for next year.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on November 28, 2013, 11:50:49 AM: Great job
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Post by: bowhunterforever on November 28, 2013, 12:13:34 PM: Nice bucks :tup:
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Post by: packmule on November 29, 2013, 07:04:54 AM: Thanks for the great posts and pictures, congratulations on a great hunt!
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Post by: boneaddict on November 29, 2013, 07:09:53 AM: Sounds like a really good time with family.
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Post by: Turner89 on November 29, 2013, 07:58:13 AM: That's pretty cool 3nails. What days were you hunting there? Is it in middle of rut?
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Post by: oldleclercrd on November 29, 2013, 09:38:58 AM: Awesome :tup:
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Post by: Ridgerunner on November 29, 2013, 10:24:49 AM: That's awesome, I really hope to get into rattling whitetails next year, hope you do the seminar.
Title: Re: Rattling Montana
Post by: 3nails on November 30, 2013, 07:13:47 PM: Quote from: Turner89 on November 29, 2013, 07:58:13 AM
That's pretty cool 3nails. What days were you hunting there? Is it in middle of rut?
The last 2 weeks of November. Wish I had started about 3 days sooner. Rut kicked off earlier.
Title: Re: Rattling Montana
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 30, 2013, 07:23:08 PM: Right on :tup: :tup: couple nice ones ...Junior looks happy :tup:
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Post by: Turner89 on November 30, 2013, 07:25:18 PM: Were you hunting private land or public?
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Post by: 3nails on November 30, 2013, 08:03:06 PM: We intentionally avoided private land this year. All public! There's a lot of great public land to hunt in Montana and Idaho. Mostly western Mont that is.
Title: Re: Rattling Montana
Post by: Turner89 on December 01, 2013, 10:59:40 AM: Quote from: 3nails on November 30, 2013, 08:03:06 PM
We intentionally avoided private land this year. All public! There's a lot of great public land to hunt in Montana and Idaho. Mostly western Mont that is.
That's great 3nails :tup: Thanks for the info. My son, and I are looking into montana. I love the Northwest part of Montana.
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Post by: elkspert on December 01, 2013, 06:50:00 PM: Great job with some nice looking bucks. They all look like they were taking in a fairly open area and not real thick brush.
Title: Re: Rattling Montana
Post by: 3nails on December 01, 2013, 08:45:17 PM: Quote from: Turner89 on December 01, 2013, 10:59:40 AM
Quote from: 3nails on November 30, 2013, 08:03:06 PM
We intentionally avoided private land this year. All public! There's a lot of great public land to hunt in Montana and Idaho. Mostly western Mont that is.
That's great 3nails :tup: Thanks for the info. My son, and I are looking into montana. I love the Northwest part of Montana.
Let me know if you need any info on areas.

Quote from: elkspert on December 01, 2013, 06:50:00 PM
Great job with some nice looking bucks. They all look like they were taking in a fairly open area and not real thick brush.
This is about as open as it gets there. Now that I think about it these were some of the more open areas we've rattled in bucks.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on December 01, 2013, 09:01:31 PM: Congratz on some nice bucks and exciting hunts! :tup:
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Post by: Bronson on December 01, 2013, 09:21:56 PM: awesome bucks! This is the first year in about 8 years that I havent gone over to MT and your pics are making me wish I hadnt skipped it this year.

Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: kramer on December 02, 2013, 09:22:04 AM: Nice job. I have read your rattling threads the past 2 years and find them very helpful. Thanks for your info it has helped. We rattled in 2 bucks in montana this year. To little to shoot but was still a blast.
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Post by: Moosebobb on December 05, 2013, 07:26:31 PM: Hey nice bucks I would post mine but I'm not sure how