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I want to thank you guys for posting about this area. I've heard of the Breaks most of my life. I've hunted Montana a couple of times for elk. One of these days, I will shoot one that I want and then it's to the Breaks until I get a nice Muley in classic muley habitat. E
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As a friend from Kentucky told me back in 2000 when I took him there deer hunting. "I have never been to a place where you can't see a light at night". We were on Reynold's Hill looking up to 50 or more miles away.
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i dont fish the ones that far down the lake, only ones ive fished are Rock Creek and Hell Creek.... Well good luck in those.
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scenarshooter: That photo at the Missouri and the Musselshell River, whats the rifle and all the optics there? Great looking deer, by the way! You do find some dandies! Tom
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Sako L579 .220 swift....the spotter is an old Nikon that has been replaced with a Zeiss 65T. I still kill a few critters with that old Sako. The binocs are a pair of Leitz 10X40 Trinovids.
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You guys are making me homesick! Nothing quite like muley's and sagebrush.
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Alaska Airline flies from Anchorage to Seattle a bunch of times, and Horizon (Alaska Air) flies to most every big town in MT. The weather in Anchorage will suck after about the 1st of October, so you might as well take some time and go back there to hunt anyway... . Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
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Flying back for Christmas, leave Monday AM. Not to late for restricted weapon in 309....
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I miss this: and this: and this:
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That's why going south in October and November is a good thing, 'cause it sure ain't good weather here... . I like the connectivity too. Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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Here is a nice Montana W/T taken this year the day after Thanksgiving. This deer was taken on public land. I think he told me he killed the deer in "notellum" creek drainage. Have a good day.
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You guys pretty much settled it for me... I'm hunting mulies in the Breaks next fall. I've hunted Rattlers country a ton, but only with a recurve and after Elk. In fact, I'm pretty sure I arrowed one on that bottom clearing looking past the No OHV sign on 6 ridge. Used to be about 100 archery permits in there and about 95 people put in for it (most guys bowhunt the S. Side, especially after that monster Chuckles shot) Once I got educated there, I started getting into more bulls around home But seriously, between the winters we've had around here and the wolves eating the leftovers, I need a new playground for a while. I LOVE the looks of that Breaks country, pretty sure I'm going to dissapear in there for a week and live out of a back pack
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I've been to a few places like that. But I've never been any where that has as much game as Montana. Thanks. E
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Gee, after all this good info and pics, how do I become a part-time resident???
The only thing missing I love to hunt are pheasant...and I know ya got them too!!
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for the record, ive only seen one pheasant where we hunt out there....sage hens, sharptails and huns all over but no pheasants.....dont mean places to hunt them are hard to find though
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Maybe I was to narrow in my thinking! I should have just said "Game Birds".
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I LOVE the looks of that Breaks country, pretty sure I'm going to dissapear in there for a week and live out of a back pack I've done it and it can be fun, but the biggest problem in the Breaks for a backpacker is a water source. It can be a real headache...literally.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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No, we don't got no Ditch Parrots here.
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Didn't have them in a lot of places this year...
Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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saw all kinds of them on Hwy 2 from Havre to the ND border last spring.....i swear i got my limit in one 45 mile stretch of road last May and didnt even have to stop the truck
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