I went on a DIY antelope hunt in Malta, MT and stayed in a cheap motel. Flew into Billings and rented a small SUV for the week. Shot my antelope on public land on Day 2 and wished I had a shotgun and a dog with me. The ditches and ponds would all have some ducks and there were pheasants and sharptail everywhere. You could hunt upland there for years and never run out of places to try - lots of public land and Block Management Areas (BMA).