Just got back today.

The hunt was excellent, and a success even know we didnt harvest anything but Articbowman took 3 grouse.

The weather was very hot when i first got there and i was in a t-shirt and shorts the first day. Then the weather changed (always does in the mountains) and we saw rain (and snow) with temps around 25 in the morning to 60-70 during the day.

The first evening out we saw a cow with a calf, and another cow come off the mountain into the meadow and that gave us a starting point to scout. From there we hiked the mountain doing from 8-10 miles a day on our feet, up and down and over the deadfalls. I came real close at taking a cow on the 3rd day of the hunt but she heard us as i was getting around the tree to get a clear shot at her.

The bulls where bugling the first weekend we where there in the AM then they shut up like someone turned off a lightswitch. I got one to answer me in the middle of the week in the AM but that was it. The second week in the start i was able to bugle up 2 bulls in the same evening and they didnt get into bow range. The first was a 5X5, and the second a HUGE bull that i could not get a good look at. He hung up at 60-65 yards and just raked and pushed trees around. This last tues we had probably one of the best times that will ever be had. I called in a 320-330 class Bull to my partner within 15 yards or so. Called him in 3 different times within 10 minutes but Jerry never could get a clear shot at him. We where set up in some real thick stuff. It was real exciting watching this guy get pissed off though and try to find that bull. The more i screemed at him the more he got ticked!!!

All in all i would say we saw around 60 elk or so on the public land we where hunting. In that about 8 different bulls with 3 of them in the 300 plus range.

Theres more to the hunt and stories under the bowhunting forum. The post is labled " Calling in from Montana" as we posted from the Holiday Inn before we left. If you have time, read that im sure i left out alot here (pretty tired from the drive back).

How did your hunt go??