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Great bucks! Is it me or does the lion have a bullseye mark on his front shoulder? Good luck and shoot straight! Hope you get the lion!

While it may seem like common sense advice........he knows what his is talking about! Good to hear from you and see you on this site. Just replied to your PM! Good luck on your hunt!

Dont know anything about the Montana but I have an old Garmin Legend that I would be lost without! I was on the cabelas and saw they have the Oregan 450 on sale! http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/bargain-cave-electronics-gps-handheld-accessories/_/N-1102702/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_105682680?WTz_l=SBC%3Bcat105591780%3Bcat105681780 Maybe something to look into

Huge congrats! Great story!

GREAT JOB! Thats a big bodied coues! Thanks for sharing! 275 yards is not a chip shot and she made a perfect shot....double lung no waisted meat! Huge congrats to the young huntres!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the game manager for the unit is an extemely nice young man that took over the unit three or so years ago. He is extremely helpful and is welcome in my camp any day to share some lunch/dinner! Put in a quick scouting trip and give him a call and Im sure he will confirm you are in the right area and point you to one! Forgot his name!

Look on google earth and find the road to hillside. find high spots to glass from with year round water close by. There is alot of private property so be on the look out as most are posted. I would not recommend hunting north of the Greyback mountians. I have spent time glassing the flats leading to the mountain but did not see much. The mountians and their foothills on either side of the road to hillside have deer in them (again provided that there is year round water). Look at the major creeks/washes as they will hold water all year! You have the better of the two hunts as the deer are still in their normal areas and patterns (IMO). It should be hot so they will bed down by 8ish so you dont have alot of time to find them feeding (the bigger ones I've seen are bedded within a hour of first light)! Walk the water sources looking for big tracks (I found one that looked like an elk track but never found the owner of the track). Oh yeah, the hunt is tough (understatement)! Everytime G&F checked us, he generally had only checked 5 to 10 deer by sunday. The last time I hunted the unit, a four year 3x3 was the biggest that was taken by sunday! I have seen one big 4x4 taken during the hunt so its possible to get a good one but you have to be patient and get lucky or hunt the entire hunt or both! There are other areas with more private property issues so pick your poison. I really enjoyed these hunts so have fun not matter what happens! Good luck and post up those pics of the bigg'n you tag!

Darr, Are you going to put out a video of the hunt? Looking forward to see it!

Great buck! Congrats to your son who has take an better buck then most people (including me)!

Congrats to your sis!

Congrats to the hunter! Looks like a lot of hard work tha paided off!

Last minute, last day......smiles for everone......priceless! Congrats to your daughter and the crew! Thanks for sharing!

Dont know anything about the unit but good luck! While its great to have a goal, I would suggest that you let them shoot whatever they like when they see it.

Great spot! I didnt see the bedded buck!

Cool story! Congrats to you and your dad! Thanks for sharing!

Congrats, the smile says it all!!!! My moto in hunting is that any given day I will take 90% luck and 10% skill!

congrats to the young hunters! Those are some big cows!

Great job Parker! Great shooting! Congrats on your lifelong memory! Darr, did he have buck fever? Just after my nephew shot his first deer (kiabab doe) he turned to my brother and said visibly shaking, "Dad I cann't shot shaking, what's wrong with me?"

Wow! That kid was lucky you were there! Luckly they didnt have to learn the hunting/survival basics the hard way! No way in heck is my umteen year heading out alone!!!!!!

Very cool video! Congrats to you and the hunters......looks like a lot of hot work!

Great story! I like the part about not complaining! If you've been around kids and hunting (tired, bored, hungry, hot...) you know how big it is to have a gamer like that! Huge congrats! Good luck on your deer hunt, I sure we will do very well!

Way to go! Congrat to the both of you for the memories you are making!

Huge congrats on your bears! Sound like a lot of hard work finally paid off! Thanks for sharing. Since you didnt see any bears before that big move, what was the difference.....were they eating different food, more water, more cover?

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Congrats, sounds like a rewarding hard hunt! Thanks for sharing!