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As far ahead as a lion or bear can be when they are being followed, if I glass a lion up moving across a hillside across me and I heard dogs at some point that day, I’m still shooting the lion. I’ve glassed up deer and elk that are sneaking out from an area where dogs are being run, I’m guessing that happens all the time with other lions or bears that aren’t being trailed.

That’s pretty cool. What’s that other little pistol?

Looks like a good truck gun....

Do you know if this is one of the older ones that you can float a shell under the bolt on?

Dump it all into a badger hole and shoot it with a Roman candle.

Yeah the 400 series units are more East and are pretty much all limited entry. If you’re in the 100’s 200’s or 300’s for the most part they’re all general. That’s also where all the big mountains are, the most pointy toothed critters, and the fewest elk.

There are some slammer bulls in MT but they are all on private for the most part. The public ground on the east side of the state can hold one but tags are tough over there. I’ve hunted about a half dozen different areas in MT, a few limited entry ones and have never seen a legit 350+ bull, but a buddy of mine killed a 386 along the lake this year so anything is possible. MT is a lot more feast and famine than any other state I’ve hunted elk in. One of the areas we hunted along Ft. Peck had 300 head standing in one center pivot. They never left it. Public access about 500 yards in every direction of that hay field but they had everything they need there and won’t leave. Really frustrating way of hunting.

Whoa!!! Giant!!! Your buck is a picture perfect dream buck too!

Wow!!! Dream lion there!!

All good advice, but one thing I would say is there aren’t any easy general bull elk taken in MT on public ground. If you plan to day hike you will be in for a long day just to get into elk. We hunted an area up the gunnison years ago. It was a 3.5 mile hike just to get where you start hunting. Didn’t even dream of seeing an elk track before that spot. Then hunt all day and get back to trailhead at midnight. We were too stupid and didn’t have the gear to bivy up in there back them nor did we have horses. Killed an elk or two but it wasn’t good hunting by any means. The first time I ever elk hunted in AZ I couldn’t believe you could see elk from a road. I hadn’t dreamt that was possible. At the end of the day MT is a land of a lot of opportunity, the right limited draw tag or the right private access and you can have giant bulls in your lap every year, but the wrong chunk of ground and you’re gonna be out for a hike every day. My step brother lives in Helena and is 2 for 9 on elk and hunts every weekend of the bow and rifle season. It’s not easy. The wolves complicate things. They aren’t the culprit though, go across the border into Wyoming and they have limited draw tags that take 12-14 points in the same country with the same wolves and they are killing giant bulls in there. The MT general tag moto is what kills all the elk. The wolves just cleaned up the scraps.

Looks like they make you hire a guide too?

This pic makes me tent up a little.

Hybrid......

Asian short ribs for lunch today. Incredible!!

So does this have a rangefinder built in? Just range and it lights up the dot for you on holdover? Then you send it?

If you build a few points for antelope you can draw a tag in the same area. I’ve literally shot antelope, whitetail, mule deer, pheasants, partridge and sharp tails all within a mile of each other in NE MT. Wonderful place to hunt. You’d need about 3 points to pull the antelope tag. The deer tag is high draw chance without a point but a point makes it guaranteed.

The area I have hunted is a LOOOONNNGGG drive, but you’ll kill deer and a big pile of pheasants, sharp tails and huns. The buck I put a pic of was killed 1 mile from the Canadian border. I killed a coues 1 mile from the Mexican border too!!

Cleared it out and sent you a PM we’ll talk tomorrow.

I killed this buck on state land. Real easy DIY hunt.

I dunno crap about Wyoming but eastern Montana has plenty of whitetails on public land. If you’d be happy with a 130-140 buck I don’t think you’d have a problem at all, getting a bigger one can be a little tougher on public though.

Dang. Did the arrow stay in him? Faces bleed a lot but if it didn’t break his jaw he may make it.

Now for the best part of all!! The top one is a ribeye my wife sousvide and then cast iron seared. The bottom one I just hit hot and fast on the grill. Both were exceptional!!

Got it all unloaded in the freezer. That’s a 23 cu ft chest freezer that was completely empty. That’s only about 60-70% of the meat!! The pic of my dog licking the skull really puts it in perspective. She’s not a big dog but probably 50 pounds!! I ended up scoring him to the best of my ability and came up with 115 6/8 which makes book by a few 8ths.

My cousin actually runs a feedlot for bison. They grain finish them similar to beef. I have a hunch this bull will be a lot different then the meat I’ve had from him. Still looks incredible though. We just got home tonight and there’s some thawing in the sink so I’ll have an update likely tomorrow.

Haven’t had any from this one yet as we’re still working our way home but my cousin raises them so I’ve eaten it a lot. Tastes like beef but better. Marbeled like beef.