We use spot and stalk methods, rattling, tree stands, glassing openings and hunting scrape lines to harvest some of the best whitetails of our season.
Our season falls right over the Whitetail prime rut, which gives us a great opportunity to experience an incredible Whitetail hunt. Remember your tag is good for either a Whitetail or a Mule deer buck as our hunting area has both species of deer.
Most of our clients make their hunts a combo hunt for both elk and deer. Once the list is randomized and a license becomes available, the hunter at the top of the list will be contacted to finalize the purchase of the license.
Each hunter may only register on one combination license list Big Game Combination, General Elk or General Deer , and is not eligible to purchase more than one nonresident combination license a year. Payment for the license fee is not required to sign up for the Alternates List. If your name comes up, you will be contacted with instructions on how to complete the purchase of the license. Being on this list or obtaining a license from this list has no effect on your existing preference points.
The odds of getting a license from these lists vary greatly from year to year. Refunds and issuance may occur at any time but availability of these license increases between early fall and the opening of general hunting season in late October. Montana offers three general hunting packages to nonresidents through a random computer drawing:.
All combination licenses include a season fishing license and upland bird license. An applicant may apply for only one Combination license. Nonresident hunters can increase their likelihood of drawing a Combination license by accumulating Preference Points see below. General Combination licenses are issued through a random computer drawing. The deer and elk licenses issued as part of a Combination license are valid throughout the state under the general hunting regulations.
A Montana resident landowner may sponsor nonresidents for a Deer Combination license. The applicant must conduct all deer hunting on the deeded property of the landowner. This law encourages nonresidents who once lived in Montana to "come home to hunt" with parents, siblings, and other close family members. The program is aimed at continuing Montana family traditions by making an effort to bring sons, daughters and family back home during hunting season at a substantially reduced price.
The sponsoring adult family member must claim Montana as his or her legal residence and must have a valid Montana hunting license. The sponsor can be a parent, step-parent, grandparent, sibling, step-sibling, child, step-child, spouse, or in-law. The applicant must have completed a Montana hunter education course, or have previously purchased a Montana resident hunting license. Qualifying nonresidents 18 years of age or older need to apply for either a Deer, Elk or Big Game Combination license starting March 1 and the deadline is April 1.
Come Home to Hunt licenses are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Nonresidents who are awarded a Come Home to Hunt license must hunt with a properly licensed adult family member. Proceeds from the sale of Come Home to Hunt licenses are used by FWP to acquire public hunting access to inaccessible public land.
If you were born in Montana but now live out-of-state, had purchased hunting or fishing licenses as a resident, and have an immediate family member who is currently a resident, you may qualify for these Nonresident Native Hunting licenses at reduced prices.
If you are a nonresident college student currently carrying 12 credits or more at a Montana college or university, you can fish and hunt upland game birds, deer, and or elk required prerequisites are Conservation license, AIS Prevention Pass, and Base Hunting License. Successfully obtaining a Combination license is just the first step to a memorable Montana hunt.
Hunters have a wide variety of options available to specialize their hunts: early archery hunts; late season migration hunts; remote backcountry areas; limited access areas with some true trophy animals; or even some additional licenses to add more meat to your freezer. The Deer and Elk licenses issued as part of a nonresident Combination license are valid for both an early archery-only season and the general rifle season. Archery regulations in many districts may have changed and now require a special permit.
Refer to the regulations for specific details. Antelope, antlerless Deer B licenses, and Elk B licenses are available through a secondary drawing and in some areas over-the-counter. The application deadline is June 1. Preference points are used for nonresident combination licenses and increase the likelihod of obtaining a Combination license.
In a preference point system, licenses are awarded to applicants with the greatest number of preference points. Applicants may purchase only one preference point per license year. Preference points purchased at the time of application are awarded prior to the drawing.
Up to 5 applicants may apply as a party. FWP shall use an average of the number of preference points accumulated by those applicants to determine the party's preference points. FWP shall consider any fraction that result from the calculation of an average when determining that priority.
Each year, eight lucky hunters win a SuperTag license. The SuperTag can be used in any hunting district in Montana, including the state's legendary trophy districts. SuperTag chances are available for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, antelope, elk, deer, bison, and mountain lion. One SuperTag will be drawn for each species.
Revenue from the new SuperTag sales is used to enhance hunting access and boost FWP enforcement efforts. You must have a current year's Conservation license to purchase SuperTag chances.
SuperTag chances are also available for purchase at FWP offices and license providers. Moose, sheep, goat, deer, elk, antelope, bison, and mountain lion: mid-July. Go to MyFWP and log in for your drawing status. FWP will refund the license fee associated with the special permit or license and reinstate any bonus points. Surplus licenses are leftover licenses from the special license and permit drawings FWP conducts each year. As licenses become available, the list will be randomized.
Hunters at the top of the list will be contacted via email with instructions to finalize their purchase. Hunters must keep their email address current in their ALS record. Payment of the license fee is not required to sign up on the Surplus License List. Obtaining a license from this list has no effect on your existing preference points. FWP may offer opportunities that have not sold out through the Surplus License List to over-the-counter customers at our internal and external license sale providers.
For Elk and Elk B licenses a hunter may hold a maximum of three each year. Only one of the three can be a general elk license, and two could be Elk B licenses through various sources such as the original drawing, game damage, or surplus. If you do not hold a general Elk license, you could obtain up to three Elk B licenses. However, additional opportunities up to your maximum of three may be made available through over the counter or damage hunt sales.
For antelope licenses, a hunter may hold up to three in a year, of which, one can be either sex. Hunters electing Antelope license opportunities will have the option to purchase one through the Surplus License List. Surplus License List sign-up timeframes referenced below are based on when the original drawing date for each species is scheduled to occur and are subject to change from year to year.
State law allows any resident and nonresident youth 10 or older to hunt with a valid license during an open season, with certain restrictions applying. If a hunter turns 12 by January 16, , they may hunt any game species with a valid license during an open season after August 15, They must first, however, successfully complete an approved hunter education course.
Includes fishing, upland game bird excluding turkey , general deer and general elk licenses. Available only to Montana residents years of age. A youth, age , can be sponsored for a discounted Big Game, Elk or Deer Combination license by a parent, grandparent, or sibling at least 18 years of age, who at the time of application possess a valid Nonresident Big Game, Elk or Deer Combination license or a valid Resident Deer or Elk license.
Licensed hunters, 15 and under, will be able to hunt ducks, mergansers, geese, coots and pheasants statewide on these 2 days. All regulations apply. The Canyon Ferry WMA is an exception— only to the youth waterfowl season shooting hours— they will be one-half hour before sunrise to noon. A youth hunt for deer limited to ages of 10—15 was approved for October , This hunt is for deer only. Elk hunting is prohibited. We have several thousand acres of private Montana ranch land leased.
Whitetail Hunting Methods. Hunting methods often include glassing and spotting hillsides and brush pockets and then stalking or hunting in stands and blinds at water holes, game trails, or feeding areas. The ranches have good vehicle access, so we can accommodate hunters of any physical condition. Hunts available for archery, muzzleloader, pistol, or rifle.
Montana Whitetail Hunting Season. The rifle whitetail hunting season is 5 weeks long, starting in late October and ending on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Seasons for Deer and Antelope overlap in late October and early November. Archery season is open September 6 to October Best Time. There is good hunting all the way through the deer season. The first two weeks of season are popular for whitetail deer and antelope combo hunts.
Whitetail hunters who want to experience a rut hunt usually schedule a rut hunt in mid to late November.
Temperature and Weather. September and October may frost at night, but days often warm up to 40 to 80 degrees. Late October and November temps often range from 0 to 50 degrees and snow is possible.
Check current weather forecasts on the Montana Home Page before leaving for your hunt. What's Not Included. Your personal gear, motel room, meals, meat processing, taxidermy, licenses, gratuities, and any other items not listed as being included. Licenses and Hunter Ed. Deer Tags are available by draw, the application deadline is March 15, odds are high of drawing, most applicants are drawn.
More information is available on the Details page. Hunter Education is required if you were born after Jan 1, Bowhunters must have proof of bow hunter education or a previous archery license from another state in order to purchase a bow hunting permit. Montana General Draw Deer Tag.. Montana Antlerless Deer Tag Montana Either-Sex Antelope Tag..
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