Montana 270-50 Advice or suggestions

[Crapshoot]

Montana 270 Advice or suggestions

Leaving in a few weeks for a Mule Deer hunt in Montana, zone 270. Anyone with input or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[mtmuley]

Tough tag to draw. You waited too long to get info. Good unit, not as good as it used to be, but scouting would have helped. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Interesting no follow up. mtmuley

 

[rustneversleeps]

Definitely would have taken a trip and scouted atleast once, makes me cringe to waste your opportunity. Very tough tag to draw like mtmuley said...

 

[sneaky]

I saw slammer bucks right across the road from 270, but no way would I wait til a week before the season to ask for info. There's good bucks in there, but they aren't behind every burnt tree

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[NLaudy]

Definitely waited a little long to ask for info. However being he is from NC... it is hard to get boots on the ground. I looked at doing a scouting mission earlier this year from Virginia. By the time I crunched all the numbers with airfare, car rental, gas, food, etc... I was well over $2,000. That is hard to swallow for a lot of people. Even driving it is 30 hours one way so not any cheaper.

 

[rustneversleeps]

I wouldnt put in for tags expecting to get your scouting and information from forums or other people, but that's just my opinion. if I am putting in for a tag, regardless of price or distance, I am going to be prepared well ahead of time. Like more than a week ahead...

 

[NLaudy]

There is no saying that he is or isn't prepared. I didn't get that from the original post. Heck I leave in a week for my Montana hunt and even though I "think" I am mostly prepared I am still all ears for suggestions, tips, and input. I think that is what these forums are great about. You get to bounce ideas off of people and hear their input.

I definitely think (atleast for me) the closer the trip gets the more antsy we get. Sometimes you just want to hear from people who have been there and done it even if it is just a "Great area and you should do well and have a lot of fun". Just my worthless .02 cents.

 

[sneaky]

You realize how difficult it is to draw a 270 tag? NR I think they do 1 or 2 a year, with a couple thousand applications. I'd make a trip with those odds. The unit I spent time in for elk is a less than 1.5% chance to draw... for residents for deer. 270 is worse than that.

Definitely waited a little long to ask for info. However being he is from NC... it is hard to get boots on the ground. I looked at doing a scouting mission earlier this year from Virginia. By the time I crunched all the numbers with airfare, car rental, gas, food, etc... I was well over $2,000. That is hard to swallow for a lot of people. Even driving it is 30 hours one way so not any cheaper.

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[NLaudy]

Nope! Only thing I know is how much its costs Just playing devils advocate.

 

[mtmuley]

That tag is probaby once in a lifetime for a non resident. How he prepared is his business, but it's not a slam dunk hunt. I'm still wiondering why no more posts from the OP. His best bet now is to wait for the rut. mtmuley

 

[bigsky2]

That tag is probaby once in a lifetime for a non resident. How he prepared is his business, but it's not a slam dunk hunt. I'm still wiondering why no more posts from the OP. His best bet now is to wait for the rut. mtmuley

Its basically once in a lifetime for us residents too.

 

[mtmuley]

Its basically once in a lifetime for us residents too.

I've never applied for it. I remember when the Root was a sleeper area. mtmuley

 

[Crapshoot]

Completed scouting, found ELK, Deer and something else. Saw Grizzly sow and 2 cubs.

 

[mtmuley]

Where did you see the grizzlies? mtmuley

 

[Crapshoot]

Sleeping Child Rd at Two Bear Creek

 

[NLaudy]

I want to hear about this "something else"

 

[mtmuley]

That area gets pounded by hunters. Maybe someone else will run across them too. mtmuley

 

[jsb]

Where did you see the grizzlies? mtmuley

Must have been on the golf course.

 

[weatherbow21]

I had a resident buddy with that tag last year, good hunter and he struggled, ended up with a 175 but he said it was far and above the largest buck he saw, and he looked over a lot of bucks. Good luck on the hunt and have fun I hope you whack a good one and share some pictures with us.