Scouting Dillon, MT

Today we drove into Dillon, MT and scouted some areas on the West side of the city.  It was better looking country, but that usually means more people.  We hiked around in the woods for a while, looking for fresh sign.  We found none of that, but my dad found this OLD cabin.  There are [...]

elk hunt – encounter!

well, my dad and i headed back to Montana again this weekend to try and get that elusive bull that we so desperately want! we planned on waking up this morning (29th) at 5:15am to get to the hunting spot by 6:00am. we heard there was snow in the forecast (making it not possible to [...]

day 7 – montana hunting trip

day 7 was our last day for this trip.
chad, my dad and i ended up trying some new area across a different spread of mountains. again, there were signs of elk all over the place but we were unable to get any elk to talk.
my dad and i will be heading back up to try [...]

day 6 – montana hunting trip

Chad and I got into elk right away, it was AWESOME. Chad bugled some elk and we were within 80 yards (I would say more like 40) but the trees were playing havoc on our plans. My arrow was knocked for well over 2 hours, that is how close we were to something great (ended [...]

day 5 – montana hunting trip

My cousin chad showed up on the 5th day of the hunt, he was a great addition to a fun trip. My dad, chad and I rode the 4-wheelers to a spot that was about 2 hours from where we are staying. We say a lot of rubs and signs that elk were in the [...]