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Gowkout
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Registered: Nov 2008
 
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 Posted May 25th, 2012 09:25 PM IP   
Got lucky and drew an elk tag and a mule deer tag for Montana. I know a guy that knows a guy that guides out there so he had a slot with no hunters the 3 rd week of Nov. and invited us up for a horseback, wilderness hunt.
Now this is normay a great time to hunt as the deer are in rut but being in the back country or i should say high country that time of year is pretty cold for a Texas boy.
Flew out to Bozeman...landed in snow and decided I didnt have enough cold weather gear as it was only 14 degrees in the low land and it was neg 20 in the moutains with a blizzard moving in.. 
As things go with back country hunt needless to say we didnt get to the horses till nightfall for a 3 to 4 hr ride to base camp. I will say not your ordinary ride as it was snowing so hard and wind blowing you couldnt see 2 feet in front of your face, riding on a horse that was pissed off for being tied to a post for more then 8 hrs and on skinny cliffs with a trail so narrow there was at times i was sure I was going down the mountain with the horse...
anyway I could go on but too much typing for a weeks worth an adventure. I did manage to kill a small mulie the last day...but this was not a trophy hunt but more of an adventure hunt...oh and the temp never got out of the neg degree part...coldest day was 35 below...peoples rifle actions were freezing...binos getting iced over...
also note the date on one of pics says 2011 but it is 2012...buddy never updated his camera date. we got very few pics as the cameras batt would not stay charged due to the cold
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Vern
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Registered: Dec 2006
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Posted May 26th, 2012 08:34 AM IP
Looks like the mule is thinking “can we go home now”?
Always love to see pictures of the “high country” covered with snow, but since 1953 I hate being in it. Even so, it sounds like fun times was had.
Make note to self; “self, if I get to go again, carry camera battery in shirt pocket under cold weather gear”. Not a cure all but it helps!
Thanks for sharing!
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Villarreal
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Registered: May 2007
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Posted May 28th, 2012 11:29 AM IP
That's to cold for me!
G.
Smile, start an epidemic and get the world infected!
I keep my guns, my liberty and my money
You can have the change!
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JIMTEX
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Registered: May 2007
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Posted May 29th, 2012 03:56 PM IP
A very neat hunt. It's on the bucket list but for me, Elk.
Thanks for sharing.
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Gowkout
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Registered: Nov 2008
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Posted May 30th, 2012 02:03 AM IP
Vern...I was told that several times by the Montana boys about the batt...lol
Dont think I will find out this year...it was too cold!!
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