Day four would take us about 45 minutes from the house where we had spent opening day in hopes of finding the tall racked muley Bo had scouted the week before. When you've never been to an area before its hard to tell what good deer and what average deer are but from the pictures Bo had taken through his spotting scope I could tell this deer would be good for any where and would sure enough be good for me. I like big deer as much as the next guy but never haven taken a mule deer I wasn't super …
Montana Day 3
After a few phone calls we decided a piece of Bo's family land would be a good bet for today and it had several sections of public land and land Bo had permission to hunt bordering it, we could walk for miles and we did. First step out of the truck and already a coyote shoots up a hill side, man I want to call coyotes here but bucks first, I walked half way up one side of a hill and Bo up the opposite hill slowly working our way to the end of the draw. We met at the end with no sightings, as I …
Montana Day 2 Opening Day
This process started about seven months ago when I had to put in my application for a non resident Montana deer tag. I applied for an either sex either species tag, meaning buck or doe of either white tail or mule deer, figuring I need all the chance I can get. I was lucky enough to get the tag in the mail in August and now the planning would begin. By planning I mostly mean saving money. I have a map and time and my in laws were kind enough to offer a place to stay and Bo, my brother in law, …