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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #15 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.

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #16 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

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2018, 06:40:55 AM »
Go for it!!  There are some nice whitetails in Montana to be had!!!
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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2018, 11:28:49 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?

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #19 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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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #20 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
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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #21 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.

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2018, 08:18:07 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 :)

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #23 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.

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #24 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.

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #25 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.

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2018, 03:51:46 PM »
What they said!
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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #27 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.....
« Last Edit: December 17, 2018, 09:36:45 AM by DWBMontana »

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2018, 09:40:50 AM »
Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?

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Re: Good Montana Whitetails
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2018, 11:12:53 AM »
Good lord, that Nebraska Buck is phenomenal. Was that a public land deer?

I’ll second that. Good lord  :yike:

 


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