Charlie Brown,
I' m from Montana and if you are looking to hunt a buck in this state it is draw only.
Your best bet would be 700 district(eastern MT) that gives you a whole lot of area to hunt.There are good bucks there 14-15 in and bigger.

I did this a few years ago with a 30-30 and called it the poor man grand slam, I took mule deer,elk,antelope and a white tail buck. It was alot of fun sneaking up to within 100 ydrs of these animals.