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This is 10 years of paying for cow tags. Never drew a bull tag.
I always get the deer and antelope if I buy the tag.
Elk are harder for me.
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Often the hardest part of a hunt is getting the tag. Many of our bull tags have drawing odds of 1 in 10 or less. We quit doing that and went to cow tags. We'll draw 4 out of 5 years. We'd much rather get to hunt every year than to have to sit it out waiting for another set of antlers to draw dust. As a senior, the tag is only $16.
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I'm in the same boat as Rock Chuck. Hunting every year is more important than killing big bulls.
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I'm in the same boat as Rock Chuck. Hunting every year is more important than killing big bulls. Definitely .Hunting cows is far above sitting home and wondering why a person didn't draw a bull tag and wishing they did.The 6X antlers I got last year that was an OTC tag ,after I hunted ML cow elk,still sitting down in the barn.. There are only so many places on the barn/garage to hang a set of antlers, but always space in the freezer for a nice tender cow.
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This is 10 years of paying for cow tags. Never drew a bull tag.
I always get the deer and antelope if I buy the tag.
Elk are harder for me. Non-resident where, Clark?
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My brother lives in the 700 unit in MT. That is where I will be in Oct 2019.
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Hunting anything beats sitting home watching Jim Shockey....
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Good luck on your MT hunt. While we have lots of antelope in the family freezers (there are a bunch of them), we are out of deer and elk. This year we have plans to hunt over-the-counter bull in 3rd rifle season and cow in 4th rifle - first time I'll have hunted two full seasons and first time ever for 4th rifle for all of us. As a meat hunter, I don't care about the antlers - any healthy-looking adult that matches my license will do. The point of hunting two seasons this year is to have a better chance of catching the migration. There will ultimately be 4 of us - Daughter #1, her hubby and her BIL. None have ever taken an elk and BIL has never hunted them before. I'll go up 3rd rifle and try to get one and if/when the migration starts I'll call in the others. The plan sounds good on paper... Again, good luck to you and your brother.
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Washington state is a cow spike only for archery on east side of state.Takes about 10 years to draw a bull tag.
I always run into big bulls with no bull tag
I think mature cows harder to hunt in early season during rut and after the rut
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Often the hardest part of a hunt is getting the tag. Many of our bull tags have drawing odds of 1 in 10 or less. We quit doing that and went to cow tags. We'll draw 4 out of 5 years. We'd much rather get to hunt every year than to have to sit it out waiting for another set of antlers to draw dust. As a senior, the tag is only $16. That's what bows and arrows are for. Sucks to slip in on a herd with a nice big 6 point bull and have to shoot a cow........
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Stick with it! Iβve taught quite a few buddies how to hunt elk (they werenβt blessed with a Dad like mine) and once they caught on to it they filled their tags on their own every year after.
I think that there might be some sort of a perception correction that takes place after you put one or two in the pickup that makes it easier.
Or, you could be hunting in the wrong place. I know nothing of elk hunting in the 700 Unit in Montana but I do know that just because the state sells you a tag doesnβt necessarily mean there are elk there.
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Just like unit 12 in AZ. That is the biggest joke out there.
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Hunting anything beats sitting home watching Jim Shockey.... Getting a root canal without novocaine beats sitting home watching Jim Shockey
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Hunting anything beats sitting home watching Jim Shockey.... Getting a root canal without novocaine beats sitting home watching Jim Shockey I love to hunt, but I also enjoy most of Jim Shockey's shows. We have hunted in some of the same places, but he does it for a living and I do it for fun. donsm70
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