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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: buckmaster_wa on December 08, 2018, 07:23:02 PM

Title: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: buckmaster_wa on December 08, 2018, 07:23:02 PM: I'm thinking about getting the deer/elk combo for Montana next year. I have shot plenty of 150-165" Muleys in Montana. I have an itch to try and get a 140" + whitetail over there. I know there is good Wt hunting in Western Montana but my preferred hunting terrain is open grassland/crp country. I have seen a few good wt bucks in Central Montana. Just curious how many of you guys have gotten good open country wt bucks in Montana over the years. I would even consider trading hunting spot info. I believe my hunting partners and I have done above average for MD bucks in Montana.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Karl Blanchard on December 08, 2018, 07:28:36 PM: Malta!!!!!!! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: buckmaster_wa on December 08, 2018, 07:39:16 PM: Some pics of successful Muley trips.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: buckmaster_wa on December 08, 2018, 07:41:01 PM: A few more. Best buck was jeremies 174" buck.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Mtnwalker on December 08, 2018, 08:20:44 PM: I’ve been gettin that itch lately too. As ashamed as I am to admit it
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 06:21:58 AM: Wa is for Whitetail’s. If there’s a place with good mule deer numbers why would you waste a muley hunt going after Whitetail’s? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: nwwanderer on December 09, 2018, 06:54:25 AM: Blaster has :chuckle: been spoiled, just ignore him
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: THunt on December 09, 2018, 06:59:23 AM: PM Sent
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 07:46:35 AM: Quote from: nwwanderer on December 09, 2018, 06:54:25 AM
Blaster has :chuckle: been spoiled, just ignore him

Yes a productive piece of dirt in great deer country does help a ton! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 07:51:54 AM: Just as an observation, does anyone else notice Karl is wearing the nicest “mom jeans” ever in that picture?

Also he needs to get a buck with good fronts! :yike:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Karl Blanchard on December 09, 2018, 08:03:48 AM: How about 14" g4's? Same spot 8)
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Karl Blanchard on December 09, 2018, 08:58:46 AM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 07:51:54 AM
Just as an observation, does anyone else notice Karl is wearing the nicest “mom jeans” ever in that picture?

Also he needs to get a buck with good fronts! :yike:
I borrowed them from your mom on one of my MANY visits :chuckle:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 09:01:01 AM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on December 09, 2018, 08:58:46 AM
Quote from: BULLBLASTER on December 09, 2018, 07:51:54 AM
Just as an observation, does anyone else notice Karl is wearing the nicest “mom jeans” ever in that picture?

Also he needs to get a buck with good fronts! :yike:
I borrowed them from your mom on one of my MANY visits :chuckle:

WHAMMO!!!!
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Hunting7mm on December 09, 2018, 10:34:48 AM: Those are some really nice bucks!! Nicely done
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Shannon on December 09, 2018, 10:36:35 AM: The Milk River has produced some dandy whitetails over the years. I see some dandies hunting for pheasants but I can't hunt deer there. They have came back from the disease they had five years or so ago.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: idaho guy on December 09, 2018, 10:09:01 PM: 2017 my son and I switched from mule deer to whitetail. It was not our plan but the mule deer in our area that we hunt were down and mostly young bucks. We switched to whitetail and wondered why we didn’t do it sooner! We were pleasantly surprised and wondered why we just drove through the river bottoms all those years to go to the mule deer hills.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: idaho guy on December 09, 2018, 10:22:42 PM: I got a nice one that year but that picture doesn’t want to load. I spazzed out this year and shot first decent whitetail I seen. Not sure on score but my buddy said 130 to 140 but I could have gotten better if I would have held off the trigger for longer than an hour :chuckle: if you’re hunting central Montana I say go for it. It’s a fun change of pace But i think I will be mule deer minded next fall seen a few nicer ones elk hunting after I got my deer
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: dvolmer on December 10, 2018, 06:40:55 AM: Go for it!! There are some nice whitetails in Montana to be had!!!
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: bornhunter on December 11, 2018, 11:28:49 AM: Quote from: Shannon on December 09, 2018, 10:36:35 AM
The Milk River has produced some dandy whitetails over the years. I see some dandies hunting for pheasants but I can't hunt deer there. They have came back from the disease they had five years or so ago.

What Montana unit when you say Milk River?
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: buckmaster_wa on December 12, 2018, 07:11:32 PM: Thanks for the reply's guys. There are definitely some good whitetails in Montana. I generally have 3-4 mule deer tags in my pocket each fall and Montana just cant compete with the other states as far as high end potential. It's a blast to MD hunt there, but I just want to change it up a little.
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Post by: elkaholic123 on December 12, 2018, 07:33:06 PM: This is my md and friends whitetail from 2017, saw a bigger whitetail while I was there. N Montana
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: buckmaster_wa on December 12, 2018, 07:47:12 PM: Those are both great bucks, but I must admit I would shoot that WT if they were side by side.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: actionshooter on December 12, 2018, 08:18:07 PM: Quote from: Mtnwalker on December 08, 2018, 08:20:44 PM
I’ve been gettin that itch lately too. As ashamed as I am to admit it

I feel exactly the same.... I have always referred to whiteys a "rabbits"..... but have never killed one.. so maybe its time :)
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Kenaiwild on December 12, 2018, 09:11:49 PM: Check the area around Lincoln. Fair amount of public and of Sieben ranch which is open for walk in. Some stud Muleys in the area as well.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Shannon on December 13, 2018, 06:49:37 AM: Bornhunter-I'm not sure what unit it is but its the area from Havre to Malta along the river.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: hunterofelk on December 13, 2018, 07:02:52 AM: When I lived in Montana, this was in the '80's though, a co-worker hunted from a family cabin in the Saltese area and they would bring back whitetails with thick racks.
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Whitenuckles on December 14, 2018, 03:51:46 PM: What they said!
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: DWBMontana on December 17, 2018, 09:31:05 AM: Few kid bucks taken last couple years here in Montana

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But Nebraska is tough to beat for whitetails.....(http://)
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Doublelunger on December 17, 2018, 09:40:50 AM: Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Mtnwalker on December 17, 2018, 11:12:53 AM: Quote from: Doublelunger on December 17, 2018, 09:40:50 AM
Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?

I’ll second that. Good lord :yike:
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: NumaJohn on December 17, 2018, 11:36:11 AM: Yes, all good results from the hunts, but that Nebraska buck is amazing. Pretty much has it all!

Thanks for sharing the images with us,

John
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: DWBMontana on December 17, 2018, 12:01:21 PM: Quote from: Doublelunger on December 17, 2018, 09:40:50 AM
Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?

No, all on private
Title: Re: Good Montana Whitetails
Post by: Doublelunger on December 17, 2018, 12:43:02 PM: Quote from: DWBMontana on December 17, 2018, 12:01:21 PM
Quote from: Doublelunger on December 17, 2018, 09:40:50 AM
Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?

No, all on private

Right on. Its a great deer regardless! I was curious because I have a friend who has been talking about giving Nebraska a try for deer. If it happened we would most likely be on our own and on Public land.