RE: Got my elk permit!
 

Spaniel; Congratulations on your draw.Hunt hard, shoot straight and have fun!!! take lots of pics. Don't forget us as we are w/ you in spirit!!

RE: Got my elk permit!
 

spaniel

Are you hunting ut of the Dillon, Mt area? What town are you going to be based out of???

RE: Got my elk permit!
 

Sabotloader - I think a little northeast of there, somewhere between Billings and Great Falls. I was shown on a map once but it escapes me. I need to meet with my coworker (I'll be hunting with his relatives, who are local) to figure out what district I'm in so I can look up the harvest stats.

Bronco - I'm worried about making sure I assemble the right equipment and getting my gun's trajectory committed to memory right now. Fitness is actually not a concern of mine, I ran 16 miles in an hour forty Sunday and it was an easy workout. I don't plan on seeing 6X6s everywhere out there any more than I expect to see 12-pt whitetails every time I hunt here! That's why they call it hunting, right? :D

RE: Got my elk permit!
 

Hey Spaniel, congrats on your draw. The best place I can think of around Billings to hunt elk would be up in the Beartooths, a little northwest of Billings. Find out and let me know. I've not hunted up there, but I have gone camping in the summers when I can.

It must be where you grow up. I've hunted WY mountains to grasslands my whole life. A couple years ago I hunted on my inlaws farm in MN. I had never hunted from a stand before. I can't wait to try that again. Hunting in the mountains is fun and I'm sure not complaining, but it's nothing like some of you "out-of-stater's" make it out to be.

RE: Got my elk permit!
 

It looks to be west of Conrad near the continental divide, roughly.