Post by: PA Duck on March 11, 2007, 07:41:00 AM
Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on March 11, 2007, 11:12:00 AM
There have been rumors of conflict between DIY hunters and some outfitters using the region.
Should be a great hunt.
Post by: Wallcrawler on March 11, 2007, 12:40:00 PM
Post by: bowfiend on March 11, 2007, 01:42:00 PM
Post by: PA Duck on March 11, 2007, 07:35:00 PM
Post by: RL on March 12, 2007, 12:47:00 AM
I hunted whitetail there in 2005. When I drove up I kept seeing warning signs about grizzly sows with cubs in the area. Three days later I climb into my tree stand and have my bow pulled about half way up when I hear this branch break. Sure enough, a big grizzly walks by at 25 yards. Awesome animal to see but I didn't walk around in the dark anymore.
Rick
Post by: Tyler Carlson on March 12, 2007, 01:06:00 AM
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 12, 2007, 09:20:00 AM
It's beautiful country and saw/called/worked, but never closed the deal on some dandy bull elk. I harvested a mule deer and a cinamon colored black bear there while hunting out there over several years. I'd love to get back out there someday soon.
Post by: Zbone on March 12, 2007, 09:26:00 AM
It was said Scapegoat Mountain was when I was there in 1978.
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 12, 2007, 10:58:00 AM
I'm going by recollection here, but there was one other mountain that was in the Fan/Lone/??? triangle that was at the edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness-which had the high Grizzly population. It was the "area" versus just one mountain that I conveying (as the locals conveyed to me).
Post by: Scott Smith on March 12, 2007, 11:35:00 AM
of Fan Mountain. Normally Lone would be accessed
through Big Sky and Fan would be accessed through
Ennis. There is a private road called Jack Creek
that you guys probably used to hunt the Mountains.
As far a Griz, yip they are in there.
Just south of there in Taylors Fork a Griz killed
a bowhunter a few years back.
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 12, 2007, 11:49:00 AM
Yes, I remember that Jack Creek Road. I didn't use that, since my buddy just took me up the ski lift service roads and then I backpacked around the back side of Lone Mountain. I also hunted up in Beehive Basin as well and stayed in an old trappers cabin. What a cool spot. I saw a 7x7 just up the hill from that cabin at about 100 yards right at dark. I literally dove in the cabin to get in for the evening as elk were coming out of the timber and down into the grassy park at dusk. That night I was entertained by two bulls just screaming at each other outside the door at about 2 in the morning.
Post by: m laughlin on March 12, 2007, 01:20:00 PM
matt
Post by: Scott Smith on March 12, 2007, 03:27:00 PM
Beehive Basin is a super nice area and I know
the area real well. It is starting to get built
up with houses now.
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and will soon bea gated community, part of it already is. It
still has some great wildlife, I saw the biggest
bull moose ever there. The houses don't matter
much as they are only part timers mainly skiers.
Ever plan on coming back to hunt?
Scott
Post by: PA Duck on March 12, 2007, 06:51:00 PM
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 13, 2007, 07:53:00 AM
I've got two friends still there in Big Sky. They've been bugging me to get back out there for skiing and for hunting. I think I'm going to have to make that happen in the next year or two. I'll have to look into the tag thing though, as I'm sure it's changed since I was out there 15 years ago.
I think the Beehive development was just in its infancy when I was last there. I saw several moose while out there. In fact, I was trying to get a close up of a cow and a calf while my friend was driving me back into Beehive (no telephoto back then). As I walked away from the truck to get a little closer, my buddy said "if she comes after you, I'm outta here with the truck so you better be quick".