Hey guys. Just got back from a 68+ mile through hike of the Bob. I have been in parts of the Bob, but never so deep. The country is magnificent. I am so glad I drew this tag where I did. It will be difficult, but the hunt I have always dreamed of.
I have been worried about giving out the info of where I will be as any good spot is worth keeping, but if I ever met any of you back there with a trad bow we would both be happy to see each other. All of this country is awesome for elk. The only negative is it is open to rifle Sept 15.
A good friend Brian and I started at the Silvertip trailhead on the south side of Hungry Horse resevior. We hiked about 9 miles until we hit a camp that will be occupied by a friend of a friend. K**** (female) will be starting up her grandfathers outfitting camp again. He has not been able to upkeep the camp the past few years. She is now taking responsibility for the camp and what are the chances that it would be in the same drainage I need to be in! I have played phone tag with her, but she left a message saying she would be happy to pack myself and friends in. I'm thinking two mules would be enough. My 10x13 Snow Trekker wall tent and stove only weighs 56 lbs. I think so misc extras and food would be covered if they can carry 250ish lbs.
Tested out my new Stone Glacier Sky 5400 pack on this trip as well and it was a pleasure. Can't wait to stuff it with some game.
Brian and I made it to the bench on the NE side of Silvertip mtn at about 7500 feet. We camped there for the night. This evening and tomorrow we would be in the heart of the country I will be hunting so I wanted to glass hard. Unfortunately we only saw one goat. I am not dismayed though. Hearing reports of friends out of Big Prairie, they had been seeing groups sometimes into the 30s. We were on the east side looking west which was much snowier than the west sides of the mountains. I mentioned this hunch to Brian and it was confirmed when Sam told us of countless goats he saw. I asked him what side and he responded "west". He actually had some mules escape and talked of their ability to stay on trail even in, what he said, six feet of snow. Still some snow up there.
From there we made it around the bench where we saw the one nanny. We bushwacked a few miles down to Juliet creek and made are way down the White River. Gorgeous! Beautiful, untrammeled country. There were tons on wolf and bear prints as well making the pucker factor high. Brian got ahead of me because I was still bothering to take my shoes of at crossing. I made it to a nice camp N of the brushy park and a wolf started barking at me. I told him I thought it was a dog, but we both chuckled at that notion as we hadn't seen a human print for miles and no one was up there. Very spooky. We made a camp at Needle falls and had the most beautiful stumping/shooting practice ever.
After that, the rest was just a pleasure cruse. We stayed for a few days at Big Prairie, made some awesome benches with cross cuts, draw knifes, and planes to even up for the nice hot meals we received. We exited via Gordon creek and I saw some nice bulls below Wolverine peek at about 8:30 pm. Made 22 miles and probably over 3000' gain that day. Hell of a trip.
Planning on going back soon and spending all of my time in goat country. We had been talking for to long of going into Big Prairie so that why we got sucked that way.
Topic: I drew a tag!!! MT Mtn Goat (Read 1400 times)
