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Last winter olbiker asked for a hunting partner to go with him to Montana deer hunting. I jumped at the opportunity. We applied for general deer licenses and drew them. We than applied for doe permits and drew them also. After corresponding all summer on the forum Olbiker arrived at my home the evening of Oct 2 we ate dinner and packed the truck for an early start Friday morning. We left my house early and after a uneventful trip we spent Friday night in Glendive. Saturday we workup up to rain we then drove to Broadus and arrived around 9am. We could not check in the motel till one o'clock. We decided to drive around the area we would be hunting. The county high was gravel and in good shape we both knew not to try the ranch roads as they would be nothing but mud. Unfortunately the county had just graded the road on Friday and it was turning into a gooey mess on a sharp corner we lost traction and slid towards the ditch and even in 4 wheel drive and new tires we became stuck about 30 miles from town. A passer by came along and gave Olbiker a ride back towards town during that ride the good Samaritan said he knew someone that might come out and help. When they had phone coverage a call was made and another good Samaritan came out with the proper equipment and pulled us back on the road. He was thoroughly thanked, and offered a cash payment for his services but he refused he just said I hope you guys have a good hunt. The Sunday was a wash out as the ranch roads were still muddy we did a little hunting off the blacktop roads but the area was limited. On Monday we were able to access a block of BLM land and towards evening we shot our two does. Tuesday we tried to hunt the ranch we wanted too but the rancher still had the roads closed. We went to some Block management land off a gravel road and saw one herd with a halfway decent buck in a place we could hunt. We tried putting the stalk on them but the disappeared by the time we arrived near them. We saw many deer on lands we did not have access to. We talked to the person who was in charge of opening the roads and they said that they would open them on Wednesday. We arrived out there on Wednesday before day light and drove in about a mile and waited for it to get light. We drove in a little bit more glassing. I saw a small hill that looked interesting to climb. As I peeked over I saw a doe about 200 yards way. I backed down and bellied crawled to the top and began glassing. I saw five does Olbiker joined me. I told him to stay and cover that area and I would circle around and see if I could move any other deer passed him. When I did this he said I pushed another 8 does by him. We then drove a little further and we walked a couple of draws and saw another 28 does and fawns. We then drove to another area and walked another draw towards each other trying to move deer. As I made my way back I saw Olbiker sitting in the draw waiting for me. I decide to circle around a couple of small hills and see if I could spook something to him. As I neared the top of the first one a saw a glint in the distance. I saw a herd of about 6 with a decent back in the mix. I then crawled and then on my belly to 305 yards. I could not get and closer as there was a wide open draw between us. I again checked the distance and it was 305 I took a good prone rest and settled the 300 yard cross hair on his chest and touched of the shot. My Remington 700 ADL 300wm sent a 180gr boattail on it's way. I could tell he was hit hard the does ran off and the buck started a stiff legged walk after them a couple more rounds put him on the ground. I am a firm believer in if they are still moving to shoot till they drop. Now the work begin after field dressing a half mile drag was in order. Lucky for us it was all down hill except the last 200 yards and that was flat. We loaded the buck and had some lunch by now it was getting onto 3pm. We decided to go check some nearby BLM land and glass it about 45 min before dusk we spotted a couple smaller bucks and Olbiker was able to get on one of them and kill it. We were lucky again as it was a down hill drag. We were now filled up and we spent Thursday and Friday shooting p dogs and exploring places to hunt next year. The weather was on the warm side all week lows in the upper 30s and highs in the upper 60s. I rather would of had in in the 20s and 40s I think the heat limited the rutting activities. Over all we had a great time and hunt even with the first couple of days being a bust we kept on hunting and had a great time filling our tags. We arrived back in Wis. after a 14 hour drive safe and sound. Olbiker was and is a fine gentleman to hunt with. | ||
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I'm glad it worked out for you guys ,sounds like a fun adventure! "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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Pics my man...we want pics! Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Nice write up, glad you both got along well and had a good time. Even punched your tags. Hard to beat a score like that. Yep, it never happened without pictures! George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Pics I need to figure how to transfer off my new smart phone, smarter then me. Have to get my daughter on the case.  | |||
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A pic of the truck in the ditch would add so much to this thread.  PS....I love MT too. Been there 11 of the last 12 years to hunt/fish. Glad y'all enjoyed it. | |||
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if some one wants to post the picks for me just pm me your email and I'll send them to you | |||
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Attached are photos Pdog with his buck  Pdog truck in mud...I am so disappointed I wanted to see it in a ditch  Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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It was slippery as goose sh't couldn't go forward or back wards with out sidling into the ditch we were smart enough to stop trying before we really got struck. Been there done that it is not fun. | |||
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It was a good hunt with a great guy. We had a lot of fun and brought home meat.I was a little worried the first Saturday as we were probably 30 miles from town and I did not think a wrecker would even try to get us out.I am thankful to all the good folks that helped us out in Montana.OB | |||
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Looks like the buck picture was taken in Australia M | |||
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After visiting the processor and the local taxidermist that buck was fairly typical for the area. There were a few bigger and a few smaller but a lot that size. | |||
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Real nice Buck! | |||
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Great job!! | |||
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Congratulations to you both! Jim  "Life's hard; it's harder if you're stupid" John Wayne | |||
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