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Montana Muledeer Hunts


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Backcountry Hunters

Our U.S. Forest Service Special use Permit allows us to camp and hunt in over 100 Square miles of Wilderness & National Forest.  Our camps are located far enough away from the areas the Bucks frequent, yet close enough to hunt to on foot every day.  We  normally keep little to no livestock in camp.  When we first started outfitting, we would keep all the horses and mules in camp and we always found ourselves having to hunt further and further from camp every year.  Our strategy now days is to go undetected.  This is easier accomplished without a herd of horses and mules in camp.  It is not uncommon to have deer less than a 1/2 mile from a quiet camp. 

 Camp is neat and comfortable with wood stove heated wall tents, cots, and carpeted floors.


Winter Range Hunters

Our U.S. Forest Service Special Use Permit allows us to day hunt in over one-million acres of  the Bitterroot National Forest.  Each day we leave the cabin in our 4x4 vehicles to hunt Mule deer or  Whitetail Deer. During our Winter Range hunts we are hoping for large amounts of snow to push the deer out of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and the Sapphire Mountain Divide.  There are always some deer in the area, but in years with heavy snow  we can end up with all the deer in 1/2 of the area, thus doubling your chances of success.
 

The Bitterroot fires of 2000 burned 300,000 acres creating excellent deer hunting conditions.  We find ourselves using spotting scopes more than ever before.   This is some of the best spot  and stalk hunting in the nation, it is not uncommon to see many trophy class mule deer bucks during your Winter Range Hunt.  Hopefully you will be lucky enough to draw a limited mule deer permit for 261 or 270.

Our cabin lies with the Bitterroot Range to the west and the Sapphires to the east.  In contrast to our wilderness area, the terrain consists of rolling lodge pole ridges.  We can take advantage of the closed roads and hunt on horseback or on foot for many of miles behind these locked gates.  For the ambitious hunter, we have thousands of roadless acres available to hunt.  

 

Mule Deer

270-50 and 261-50 are limited entry areas and are producing really nice bucks.  My wife, Shannon, passed up 30 bucks in 270 before shooting this one.

240-40 is an unlimited entry area, you are guaranteed to draw this tag if you do not draw a limited tag.

*Hunters coming after November 15 cannot hunt Mule Deer without a 270-50 or 261-50 permit. *

 

Licenses    March 15 Deadline  

Hunt Rates

License Information

Tentative Cost for 2008

1 on 1 guided hunt.......$3950 per hunter


OTHER EXPENSES
3% use fee on  Montana Hunts
67% - 10% Gratuity for your Guide is appreciated.

Outfitter Sponsored
Big Game Elk/Deer Combo...
$1500
Outfitter Sponsored
Deer Combination (deer only)...$
1100
Archery Stamp...$10
 
 

 

 

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Discounted Hunts

240-40 is an unlimited entry area, you are guaranteed to draw this tag if you do not draw a limited tag.

*Hunters coming after November 15 cannot hunt Mule Deer without a 270-50 or 261-50 permit. *