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!!!

Absolutely beautiful, Tim.  Thanks for sharing.

W.O.W.!

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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.  

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!
 

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....

Great pictures!  

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?