Morning, muchachos.
Hola, BackToRealityBret. Any good hunting stories?
Depends on how you define "good." Nothing funny or astounding. I didn't get thrown out of any bars.
I guess that means, "no, there aren't any good hunting stories."
so, nobody got too drunk and fell in the campfire? darn.
No campfires. We stayed in an AirBnB rental. There's too much ground to cover out there for camping. And we only went to the bar once.
wow, hunting has sure changed since the last time I went.
Eastern Montana is mostly large cattle ranches. The state organized a block management system, which formalizes access to hunt on the ranches and compensates landowners from the license fees paid, especially by nonresidents. You can't drive onto the land and can't camp there. You have to park at the designated areas and walk on, and you do a lot of walking to find the deer. It's not forested, so no hunting from tree stands. So you walk a lot, and most shots are taken at 200+ yards. And you stay at motels or AirBnB's in the towns.