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Here's a few photos my wife and I took last week while on a pack in elk hunt. Although I didn't take an elk you can sure appreciate the a scenary we enjoyed!!!
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Absolutely beautiful, Tim.  Thanks for sharing.

W.O.W.!

B-U-Tifil

That must have been around Dillon??  I've lived in this state all my life, and I still haven't seen it all.

Tell me you were ready for the snow?  I've seen it snow in every month of the year here in the NW corner of the state (and thats at 3100 feet elevation.)

Wow, that is some amazing country there. You must have been in heaven... I know that I sure would have been!!

Kevin.

Tim
Awesome Pics!  Everytime I see pics like that, it makes me want to go back.  Used to live out there back in the early eighties, and I miss it immensely!  Can't wait to get back.  Thanks for posting.  What beautiful country.

Awesome!!

Tim,
We must have been out there the same time. Beautiful pics. Did you hear any bugle?  They were all silent except one that called to a squakin bicycle brake for us.

Roy,

Yeap! I didn't hear a single bugle all week, talk about frustrating. The other guy in camp saw a small 5x5 and 5 cows the first night out 9/19 and that was it. We did see a cow here and there and a few dozen muley's but not a single bull. From what I've heard it's been a weird season throughout the state. There was sign everywhere and 7 bulls seen the week prior...???who knows what the deal was.  We did get 6 inches of snow on Thursday which we thought would get them going but again, nothing. Oh well, it was still a wonderful time for my wife and I.  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/TimGolder/MontanaElk-11.jpg)

By the way, we hunted in the Little Belt Mountains southwest of Great Falls. Some of the photos were taken near Rte 15 between Great Falls and Helena.

NO WE did not expect a winter wonderland but it sure made for some good photos!
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Realy nice pictures Tim. Man I miss Montana when I see pics like those. The camp robber jay pic is awesome and I like the one of the camp tents realy wel too.My buddy from Billings shot a small 5x5 last week but he said the bugling was leass than usual this year for him too.

WOW!!! That would be the trip of a lifetime.

And your wife went with? Who cares if ya get an elk?   :D

Yeah, beautiful and I live here everyday. I don't make any money but I will never leave Montana.

This is what we did when the elk hunting got slow! My wife did one heck of a job making it look like our outfitter! He never had a snowman in camp....

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Great pictures!   :thumbsup:

Tim,
 I was hunting near Philipsburg for the first few days and then back towards Helena on the weekend.  Ended up seeing three bulls and a couple other's??  Never saw enough of the others to tell what they were.  I had a great time as well.

Tim, that was going to be my next guess...  You can tell by the trees and "parks" that its not west of the divide.  I've drove past the Little Belts a few times on my way to other hunting spots.  If it wasn't harder to make a living on that half of the state than it is here, I'd move there.

Looks like you folks had a nice adventure.  It's tough for non residents to hunt elk because you don't get to hunt an area every year and learn how to hunt the area.  As with any member of the deer family, learning the area and how to hunt it is half the battle.  Nice photos, thanks.

Sweet pics, Tim.  I liked the one where you can see the railroad tunnel in the mt., and Wendy liked the one of Cathy's snowman.

Tim,

They're some terrific pictures.  Makes you wonder why we're still living back east doesn't it?

Very nice pics mate, top looken bow as well  :)  , just have to get to that part of the world one day....


in oz, alan.

Great pictures!  I sure miss my ol state.  Can't complain up here though (Alaska).   I'm from the Bitteroot, and went to college in Dillon.  My heart still aches when I see pictures like that.  Thank you for posting
Chuck

Excellent photos. I bowhunted the Cabinet Mtns in northwest Montana twice. The Trout Creek/Thompson Falls area. I swear these were the most beautiful mtns I ever hunted in. Montana is a great state with some tremendous hunting and breathtakng scenery.

I was out in the Missouri breaks last week for 5 days with HooDoo Arrow and it was slow the same slow deal out there also.  Not the year to hunt elk.  Joseph

WOW,awesome,thanks for sharing Tim,can't afford to go but I can see.
Serge

Pics like that make me wonder why the hell I keep living in Illinois.  And right south of democrat hell, chicago.  Beautifull pics.

My heart breaks every time I see that. I love Montana. If I dont ever move there, I hope they take me there after I'm gone.

Don't know that I could go back home after seeing that  

Great photos, Tim.  You're a lucky man, to share that hunt with your wife.  Where is Cochranville in PA?  I'm from Uniontown in SW PA.

Big Medicine, my family and I stopped over in Hamilton in August on the family vacation, on the way to Idaho.  We couldn't believe the beauty of the area and the nice trout stream at that park on the west side of town.  You too are lucky.

Thank you so much for the fantistic pics.
I have never been to Montana,and probably never will,so pics will have to do.

Jeff,

Cochranville is located just outside the Amish country of Lancaster. My home is located about 15 minutes from the Maryland / Delaware / PA lines.  We fortunate to be this close to Maryland and enjoy the hunting they have to offer.

Glad you like the photos. My wife and I spent several days in Idaho about 3 years ago. We flew into Boise and than headed up to McCall and than over to the Sawtooth Mountains for an all day horseback ride. Beautiful country there also! We than came back down through Sun Valley & Ketchum just to say we'd been there.  We both love the west and can't seem to get enough.

Take Care.....Tim

yes, that is some beautiful country!! my wife and i was in Washington last week on a black bear hunt but we didnt get any snow. we drove thru Montana on the way and back home. i didnt get a bear but had a blast anyway. looks like you had more fun!!

Stalker,

Don't ever say never. Once you get there it's very reasonable to stay in a motel or rent a cabin. My family and I have had some fantastic vacations out west for much less than you would spend heading to let's say Ocean City or Wildwood for the week. The expensive part is the airfare and you can look for deals on that end. Once you get there rent a car and drive. The scenary is a vacation in itself!

Hope you have a good archery season! Where exactly in NE PA do you live?

Tim

Those are some nice pics - you have a good eye! That snow looks nice, too.

I'm in Dingmans Ferry.

Yep; that's the back yard. Now you know why I came back from Alaska. Don

Careful Don...  I was on Montana Rail Link's website this morning.  They need a "Signalman."  Even though I'm gainfully employed in Kalispell, I'd love to get away from all the people.

Well, there's Montana and there's Montana. Rumor has it that Arnold Schwartznegger is about to officially annex the Flathead Valey and make it part of California. Don

I think that is what happened over in the Bitterroot also.    :bigsmyl:   Joseph