I love the challenge! I also feel closer to nature and the animal I am stalking because my senses are heightened, trying to strategically get within bow range.
Congrats Kota! I am hoping to get out mid May for black bear here in MT. We are not baiting in ID this year like we have done in the past :( Maybe next year.
We used a Kelty pack for all three of our boys, and liked it. I packed them in it until they were 2 1/2 to 3 years old, if we went on long hikes where they were too tuckered out to walk.
I had this with a bear I shot just before dark a couple years ago and I did the same as tipsntails7 and quartered it, put it in game bags, hung it in a tree and hightailed it back to camp. I went back in the next morning and got the meat and hide out.
You guys are right I made this post before the reg's came out and did not see the new fee schedule. One thing to point out is Montana is now making non-residents pay $20 per species you apply for to get the bonus point. So it will cost a non-resident their conservation license and then $70 per...
Hoot,
Sorry, I left out the ewe tags. Here is the areas for non-residents want to apply for a ewe tag in Montana.
203-30
302-30
482-30
622-30
680-30
680-31
You will have to apply by May 1st. You can apply online or mail in your application. You will submit around $800 and if you were unsuccessful you will be refunded $750. You can find more info at http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/
Good Luck!
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Here are the units that Montana will allow non-residents hunters to apply for Mountain goat in 2014.
Unit NR Quota
142-20 1
150-20 1
312-20 1
313-20 8
314-20 3
316-20 1
320-20 1
323-20 3
324-20 1
325-20 1
329-20 2
361-20 1
362-20 1
393-20 1
460-20 1
519-20 1
Here are the units that Montana will allow non-residents hunters to apply for Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in 2014.
Unit NR Quota
100-20 1
102-20 1
121-20 1
203-20 1
300-60 Unlimited
303-60 Unlimited
315-20 1
421-20 1
422-20 1
482-20 1
500-50 Unlimited
501-50 Unlimited
502-50...
Definitely hunting!!! I bought a $3 pair of wool pants at an Army/Navy store when I first started hunting because I had nothing to wear and they held up really well and I had a great hunt. Get what you can and then go enjoy a hunt!