powderhorn
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- Aug 29, 2019
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I grew up hunting that area.. A few years ago I went back in west of Kalispell where I killed my first deer.. There used to be game everywhere and all I saw were wolf tracks. It's pretty sad.
Ok....so MW Montana should be a great place to take a predator call and "git'er done".....wolves, cougars......
What part of the state did you get to enjoy? Northwest, I assume, but sometimes these broad areas get stretched even more...An update for my Family Thanksgiving/Montana Hunt combo:
My uncle was able to fill an elk tag on a 5-pt bull a couple of days before I arrived for Thanksgiving break. On day 2 I got glass on a legal bull with about a dozen cows and a spike bull. We couldn't close the distance before we lost them. In hindsight I should've been more patient watching them. We really needed more fresh snow to effectively cut tracks. I was surprised that the Mule deer were basically non-existent. We did see a few whitetails but I didn't hunt them hard because that's not what I had come for. It was fun to see them all rutty in the snowy mountains.
I only had four days to hunt so it could have been a lot worse. The lack of wildlife (not just big game) was a little surprising to me. It seemed like there were lots a road hunters ready to shoot anything that moved. Of course everyone justifies this because they're "wolf hunting", but damn those animals are pressured. I'm not sure why you ever see a buck or bull near a road; but it happens.
I did shoot a juicy mallard in the duck blind before I flew home. I had a good time with family and new friends and hope to go back again with more time to find elk. It was cold and beautiful.
Copy that. Thanks.Yep, Northwest. An hour, maybe two, drive outside of Kalispell.