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Lining up your New Year.

By Brock Ray As the New Year begins, a lot of deer hunting seasons are over and alot of you guys are trying to find something to hunt or a good place to fish. With the new year, you’ll also see the season begin for outdoor shows across the country. If you are looking to go on that hunting or fishing trip of a lifetime now is the time to find the best deals.

In February the largest outdoor show in the United States occurs in Harrisburg, PA. There you will find over 800 outfitters alone from New Zealand to Africa. You will also see some of the newest products on the market for hunting or fishing.

In addition, January is the month of the SHOT and ATA shows. Our upcoming magazine issues will showcase the newest products the outdoor industry has to offer.

If you are planning a trip soon, you need to check the state wildlife sites to find out the cut off dates for draw dates and getting your license.

Till next month remember take a kid to the woods it will keep them off the streets and may God bless you as he has me and if you just ask him he will.

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January

Honker Hunting

Overhead the sky was barely pink, signaling that legal shooting time was only a few ticks of the clock away. For almost 20 minutes we had heard the distant honking of Canada geese, as they moved from their twilight roosts

in the neighboring wildlife refuge to the forage-rich cornfields around our pit blinds. The sound of thousands of honkers taking wing at first light will bring the hair up on the back of your neck.

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For over an hour, our party of six had worked hard clearing the fresh-fallen, six-inch layer of snow from the more than 1,000 Canada goose decoys scattered about the hillside. As the cloudless sky lightened, the increasing sunshine cast a ruby sheen on the snow. Five minutes later, we were in the pit blinds that faced the impounded backwaters of the Tennessee River, which was almost a mile beyond our position.

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are two of the country’s best-known goose callers. Founders of Knight and Hale Game Calls of Cadiz, Kentucky, these two self-made entrepreneurs have created a successful company by offering some of the most innovative whitetail, elk, waterfowl, turkey, predator, and other game calls since the 1970s. Their waterfowl gunning lease along the Camden Bottoms, in webfoot-rich western Tennessee, ranks among the country’s top duck and goose spots. Lots of targets, combined with the expert calling

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The first group of honkers wasted little time noticing our large spread of decoys.

As they were already several thousand feet in the air traveling southwest in “V” formations, I didn¹t think there was a realistic chance of coaxing these geese from the stratosphere within range of a 12-gauge shotgun. That I would consider this improbable was unusual, since I had goose hunted with this Bluegrass State duo on several occasions in the past.

For the following five minutes, David Hale and Harold Knight combined their vocalizing efforts to woo the high-flying honkers. At first it appeared the geese would not respond, as their strong wing movements did not waver. Then, without warning, the lead goose veered downward. As if they were in tow, the other eleven geese followed suit. If you have never been a pit blind when a flight of geese was circling overhead, you have really missed a major part of your outdoor education. Constantly honking, the geese spiraled downward. Calling to the www.isoutdoors.com

geese as hard as they possibly could, Hale and Knight continued to talk with our quarry, slowly drawing them closer and closer. Through the corn stalks laid over the top of the pit blind, the descending geese more resembled lowflying airplanes than 12- to 15-pound wildfowl.

After what seemed like an eternity, it was clear the Canadas were ready to set their wings to land. This was the moment we were hoping for. At Knight’s signal, we rose to shoot. Those shooters located at the left of the blind concentrated their efforts on the geese to the left, while hunters at the right or center of the blind put their beads on targets in their respective areas. First shooting the honkers farthest away from the blind, our group immediately dropped six birds. The re

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ISOutdoors maining geese closer to the pit blind were next, with all but one of these birds being dropped to the ground.

Still four honkers short of a limit for our group, we gathered our kill and returned to the pit blind, to find Knight, always the perfect host, busily cooking on a gas range located in the back of the spacious pit blind. Like most of you, I have hunted in damp, cold pit blinds where comfort is regarded as being diametrically opposed to successful hunting. When building their pit blind, Knight and Hale did not pay attention to this footnote in the waterfowling handbooks. This concrete floored and cinderblock walled pit blind, measuring more than 50 feet long and 20 feet deep, includes such astonishing amenities as electricity, gas heating, comfortable chairs (obviously kidnapped from some unsuspecting den), a small refrigerator, and a gas range.

While we waited for additional action, Chef Knight plied us with hot, freshly baked biscuits, venison tenderloin, wild boar sausage, golden fried strips of wild turkey breast, and french-fried potatoes.

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wafting through the cold winter air, most of the shotgunners, including myself, gave only a passing thought to downing more honkers. I was a little worried about my tongue slapping my brain senseless, as I wolfed down sizeable second and third helpings of my host¹s table fare.

Dead of Winter Delight One of the best things about the dead of winter in many parts of the country is gunning for Canada geese. Regarded by many as North America’s premier wildfowl species, Canada geese are hunted throughout the United States and Canada during hunting seasons that open— depending on locale—as early as September and as late as the end of January.

Regarded as abundant to the point of being pests in some parts of the country, the Canada goose ranks as one of the most successful chapters of 20th century wildlife management.

Wingshooters will find few quarries more perfectly fitted to their tastes than the Canada goose. Unless you are extremely fortunate, like my hosts in western Ten

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Most goose hunters must rely on the goodwill of those farmers who are willing to allow hunters to access the agricultural fields, Luckily, getting permission to gun them has gotten pretty easy these days. Many times, where Canada and snow geese are available in large numbers, farmers regard them as pests and are more than happy to allow responsible wingshooters to access their fields. However, please understand that many farmers today have discovered that many wildfowlers are willing to pay a trespass fee for the privilege of knocking a limit of geese from the sky.

Average costs vary considerably: from well over $100 per person a day at popular shooting places such as Maryland’s famed Eastern Shore or the rice fields located south of Houston; to $25 or less at places where hunting for Canada geese (as well as snow, blue, and speckled geese) is less well developed, or where www.isoutdoors.com

flights of these birds are not well known or especially predictable.

Decoy Spreads In many areas, Canada geese numbers have reached record levels.

There is a good argument that decoy spreads made up of 50 or more honker deceivers are better than 8- to 20-deke setups. But in most instances, the larger sets are found at more or less permanent pit blind locations.

When goose hunting agricultural fields, mobility and simplicity are recommended. Finding a place to hunt is easier if you have a rig that enables you to enter and exit your hunting area without a hassle.

Smaller spreads can be highly effective when coupled with good concealment and excellent calling.

If you have not tried your hand at goose hunting, be careful. Few things a sportsman can dabble in have more addictive potential than decoying, calling, and gunning the Canada goose.

THE ADVENTURE

La Paz is the Gateway to the Sea of Cortez. Jacques Cousteau dubbed the Sea of Cortez as “The World’s Aquarium”. It contains one of the most abundant and complete ecosystems on the planet. The area has snorkeling, diving, kayaking, golf, fishing, sailing, camping and mountain biking.

La Paz for us means fishing. Here we have some of the best fishing in the world .We have many kinds of fish and fishing is always good but sometimes even great. The fishing is all year round with some months better than others.

January to March is the best time for yellowtail. March to May we have one of the best places in the world for the mullet snapper. May to June now comes one of my favorite fish of all- the mighty roosterfish- start moving in. June to July The roosters are here in full bore. Also the bigger dorado are here and a few striped marlin showing up.

July to August the big striped marlin are in. Sailfish, dorado and a few blue marlin starting to show up.

August to September everything is happening- tuna ,sailfish ,stripped marlin ,blue marlin , even some black marlin, rooster fish, and wahoo. This month is the best of the year to have a great fishing trip .It is hot but it is worth the sweat.

September to October still all is going on, still anther perfect month to fish.

The first part of November is good but slowing down a lot through December. There are still fish but don’t expect a big number.

La Paz is great place to fish. You are the middle of the state and whatever direction you turn you are in the best fishing in the world.

For example, three hours to the north you are in Mag Bay known for the best wahoo fishing in the world. One hour to the south you are at East Cape the roosterfish in the world .Keep going south for

another hour and you are in the marlin capital of the world. So if you looking for a place to fish and enjoy, La Paz is the place you want to come.

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California Bigh BC Style

by Bob Foulkrod

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Until now I had never hunted the California bighorn subspecies of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, but it was an animal I had long dreamed of taking on.

This was a hunt I had eagerly anticipated for a very long time. Until now I had never hunted the California bighorn subspecies of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, but it was an animal I had long dreamed of taking on. Having already accomplished one North American Wild Sheep grand slam, all I needed for my second grand slam what this animal. To say that I have been smitten by serious cases of sheepitis, is something of an understatement.

Sometimes all I can think about is getting back into the remote mountains where these animals live.

In late September I flew to British Columbia where I was greeted by Bruce Ambler, owner of Ambler’s Bighorn Country Guiding based out of Clinton.

Although there are many places you can hunt the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, this is not so true if you want a California bighorn and are not a resident of that state or province. In fact, resident hunters in British Columbia have to apply for the limited number of annual tags for these animals. The odds of being drawn to hunt one of these elusive rams is better than 100-to-one. The number of available nonresident tags rarely exceeds a dozen, making this one of the most expensive, difficult to book hunts in the world. There is a waiting list to get on these $25,000 to $50,000 hunts.

It’s a fair question to ask what makes the opportunity to hunt a California bighorn such a coveted challenge. It’s really a matter of doing the math and understanding supply and demand economics. The wild sheep of North America are divided into two species, which are known as thinhorn sheep and bighorn sheep. Both species belong to the

family Bovidae and genus Ovis. The thinhorn sheep of Alaska and Canada (Ovis dalli) are divided into two subspecies or races: Dall’s sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) and Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei). Thinhorn sheep inhabit Alaska, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. Dall’s sheep number approximately 100,000 and Stone’s sheep number about 18,500.

As their name indicates, bighorn sheep have larger horns than thinhorn sheep. Rocky Mountain bighorn (Ovis canadensis canadensis) are the most abundant and widespread bighorn race, numbering between

31,500 - 34,500. They are found in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. California bighorn (Ovis canadensis californiana) number approximately 10,500 range-wide and are found in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, and North Dakota.

buckets of water in camp were crusted over with ice. The days were cold too, in the 20s at their coldest, nippy enough on its own, but aided by a steady, light breeze.

It was a rigorous hunt where the cool temperatures aided us greatly in keeping cool and well oxygenated.

The first’s day’s hunt began with an arduous, three-and-half hour hike up a steep mountain where we glassed a bowl Bighorn sheep are gregarious, herd shaped valley. While the hike was one of animals that rarely wander from their those that would wind chosen home range. a Sherpa guide, the altitudes we hunted did not exceed 9,000 feet Over half of these animals are found in above sea level, meaning that oxygen British Columbia. The Frazier River drainage sickness is not a problem. However, the where Amber’s provides hunts has the rugged terrain can take a toll on you if you most genetically pure members of this are not in peak condition for this type of subspecies of bighorn and have served hunting. We spotted a couple of potential as the genesis of stock for reintroduction target rams, but at day’s end I had yet to of these animals to their former range for slide the safety off of my rifle. Shooting decades. distance and the ruggedness of the terrain that is always difficult to transverse always When I arrived the aroma of autumn no negated any serious stalking efforts that longer lingered on craggy mountains we day. hunted. Mornings were cold. Each day

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Day two was the same as day one, as was days three and four. Even if you are in shape, eating hearty meals, and getting sufficient rest at night, at this point muscle fatigue begins to take its toll. This is especially true of your leg muscles, which in my case were aching and feeling a little spongy. When we arose on the fifth day to find our camp and surrounding mountains under several inches of fresh snow that made it impossible to hunt that day, it was

A good mountain rifle is imperative.

Mine was a .300 Winchester Short Mag.

a welcomed respite. I believe that even the horse welcomed a day off from hunting.

California bighorn sheep is distinguished from the northern thin-horned Dall and stone sheep by their heavier, blockier bodies, and more massive horns. Adult rams can weigh over 300 pounds. They develop significant horn mass within the first several years, and obtain most of their horn growth within their first 7-to-8 years.

Thereafter horn growth slows with the

brooming of horn tips becoming increasingly noticeable as a rams grows older.

Bighorn sheep are gregarious, herd animals that rarely wander from their chosen home range. These animals are active throughout the day, foraging frequently and then napping. The country where they live is so large, that it is necessary to spend many hours peering through a spotting scope to located these well-camouflaged animals. You not only need to get the body in shape for the rigors of the hunt, but also have a tough,

determined attitude. When the terrain is not testing you, the weather will. A gritty attitude is important to make a long hunt in the mountains of the bighorn sheep.

A good mountain rifle is imperative. Mine was a .300 Winchester Short Mag. Just as important as the hours spent finetuning your shooting skills, is learning the trajectory of your chosen caliber. Shots of 300 yards are common, and if you have the shooting ability and can read the wind to reach out to 400+ yards, your odds for

success increase greatly. Range finders take the guesswork out of shooting.

Judging distance in the mountains is never easy, but it will be a snap with the light pocket range finders.

Although the weather was foul, the next day we once again departed camp to scale the mountain sides until dusk only to return to camp empty handed. The next day was a repeat of the previous one, and I felt the weariness in my bones.

Confidence was giving way to hope that

I would get a decent chance to put a ram in the crosshairs. Hot tea was a Godsend.

Day eight in camp started like the rest, but for reasons unknown to me, I felt renewed and more determined than ever to make this a successful hunt. My spirits really rose when we broke over the top of ridge where we spotted two sheep one of which was an awesome ram.

Unfortunately the pair of rams were 700 yards away. The only solution was to get close by cutting back down the mountain to start all over. This took hours, and by the time we got into position the rams were gone. My heart sank, but when we looked up again we spotted these sheep only a couple hundred yards from us. I was determined to put a round in the boiler

room of the biggest one and indeed I did.

Later on this same hunt I took a great looking Shiras moose and a mule deer trophy. It was the best hunt of 2010 for me.

Besides the animals I hunted with Bruce, he also offers hunts for black bear, cougar, Rocky Mountain goat, whitetail deer and wolf. He is a true gold star outfitter I hope to hunt with again this fall. For more information contact: Ambler’s Bighorn Country Guiding; Bruce and Theresa Ambler, Box 521, Clinton, BC V0K 1K0; telephone 250-459-2367

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was at 2,000 feet above sea level and Seth had the throttle on his turbo charged Stinson backed way off at what would be considered putting speed for the white and blue hunting machine. We both had our head phones cranked and I still remember Seth singing to, “Sexy Chick�. We were grooving. And while we were grooving, we had our eyes glued to the frozen landscape below hoping to spot Brown Bears as they popped out of their dens for the coming Spring. While lost in the rhythm of the music and somewhat hypnotized by the brilliant whiteness below, Seth turned the plane on a dime and I found myself trying to hold my lunch down as he whooped and hollered after spotting our first bear...

This was in 2010 and I was attempting my fourth hunt on the big bruins and figured at the conclusion of this one, I would have over 50

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BY JOHN MOGLE days invested in their pursuit. After the third excursion my wife told me, “Three strikes, you’re out.” She had a point. I had invested more time, money and uncomfortable nights in the field than I care to admit, attempting to put my tag on what I consider to be the ultimate predator.

As I look back to when I started hunting brown bears, they were nowhere near the top of my trophy list. But after three unsuccessful attempts, my competitive nature took over and, needless to say, they became numero uno in a hurry. I wanted one worse than ever.

My first Brown Bear hunt was near Illiamna, Alaska in the fall of 2003, and while my outfitter had originally organized the hunt for me alone, one of my buddies from Utah wanted a crack at his first bruin as well. I thought it would be good to have a travel partner so we journeyed up to The Last Frontier together on a hunt that would eventually send

only one of us home with a trophy.

Upon arriving we were put in the same camp and although we each had our own guides, we elected to hunt together.

Choosing this leant itself to a coin toss to see who would shoot first and past history told me I may be pushing my luck. I nearly always lose these. True to form, I lost this one as well. Fate can often be a cruel thing and as I watched my buddy go on to bag a 10’ 6” goliath of a bear on the 2nd day, I wanted to throw ‘Fate’ off a cliff. Instead, I battled the rain, snow and the unforgiving Alaskan winds for

10 days. My friend came home with a 10’ 6” bear and I came home with an equally big resolve to finish what I started.

My second hunt took me back to the same area in 2005. The outfitter really wanted me to get a big bear so we could get it on film for our TV show, “Christensen Outdoors.” He had heard about an alleged 12’ bear, which I didn’t even think existed. We hunted the area hard and let’s just say I still don’t believe such a thing exists. Matter of fact, we not only missed out on seeing the 12’ bear, the only one we did see squared off at around a half inch in size as it headed off into the tundra. A bear at a distance of five miles usually isn’t much bigger. But what this area seemed to lack in bears it made up for in wolves. We would see half dozen wolves each day out in the field and at first we would just watch them and listen to them howl. Then on the 5th

Perseverance finally paid off for John on the fourth year of hunting Alaska as he connected with this beautiful 8’6” brown bear

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day, the watching was over. I told my guide the next wolf I saw would be taking an unscheduled dirt nap.

Within an hour a big grey and white male stepped out and began heading our way as it worked the pond banks for mice and any kind of waterfowl it could find. We left our glassing perch and stalked in for the ambush. When he was within 400 yards I steadied my Christensen Arms Custom .300 Ultra and squeezed the trigger. The shot was true and at that moment I bagged my largest predator in the animal kingdom. There’s little doubt in my mind that I was just as excited to whack a big wolf as I would have been if I’d been standing over a big Brown bear. Who doesn’t want to kill a big bad wolf?

In 2008, I decided to try a different outfitter and location. This time the location was near Cordova,

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Alaska. Here I was flown in and dropped off on a gravel bar with my guide and camera man. Come to find out we were completely immobile. Our camp faced a river too big to cross and was flanked by a swamp that required machetes and body armor to traverse.

Because that type of gear was left behind, we were down to the minute possibility of having a bear walk right through camp. Yea right. Apparently ‘Fate’ was mobile and followed me to Cordova. Between the mosquitoes that nearly carried me off, and the afternoon winds that kicked up a horrible cloud of dust, cutting visibility to mere feet, it was the most miserable hunting trip imaginable. This 10 day journey into futility tested my resolve and had me ready to tip my cap to the Brown Bears of the world and move on to bigger and better things. But the question remained like a thorn in my side…was there?

In between each of these failed Brown Bear attempts were some truly memorable adventures. One such hunt was for Dall sheep in the Brooks Range where I met up with Seth Kroenke of River Wild Lodge. At the time, he was piloting for the outfitter and was tagging along on my sheep hunt. The two of us hit it off right from the start.

As luck would have it, I shot my ram on the first day of the hunt and with a little

extra time to kill before I had to head home, Seth and I concocted a plan to fly to the Arctic ocean and view Polar Bears. Little did we know, a nerve racking experience of limited visibility and violent drops in the airplane awaited us. We fought fog and high winds the whole way. I saw Seth maneuver his little Stinson out of some pretty tight spots. So tight in fact that he told me several times to quit talking so he could concentrate on his maneuvering.

This trip showed me what a great pilot he is and how talking doesn’t help…

Now, back to 2010.

After Seth finished whooping and hollering about our first bear sighting the same behavior continued as we found four more in a short time. We were inland about 60 miles off the ocean and outside of Port Allsworth. Like most Alaska hunting trips, the first half of the hunt was dampened with snow and wind. Instead of being in a tent like my past hunts, we were fortunate enough to be housed in a nice little cabin with good food, heat, and a TV. Watching hunting DVD’s and being comfortable was nice but that’s not what I’d come to Alaska to do. Day six proved to be the blue bird day we had been hoping for as we took to the skies and found the five bears. After landing and getting back to the cabin, we immediately began checking out the maps to see which of the five bears would be the easiest to get to and discuss which one was the biggest. Since this was a predator management unit, the method of hunting found us riding 700cc Polaris snowmobiles. Sounds great, but by no means did it make this hunt a slam dunk. There were several obstacles we would have to deal with such as rivers, soft snow, thick stands of trees, and impassable mountains. After looking over the map, we designed the best route to what we thought was the biggest bear. Each of us were confident of what we planned to do and the

morning couldn’t come fast enough.

It was fourth and goal. The ball was on the one, and we just needed to punch it in. I had the perfect team behind me with Seth and his crew.

Barring a fumble, I was there. I could taste it; I was so close to getting my first Brown Bear after all these years.

We decided to head out at 5:00 AM the next morning in pursuit of a bear that looked very nice from the air. We loaded the Polaris RMK machines with extra gas and all of our hunting gear. We screamed across the hard packed snow and hit 70 MPH several times as we were all pumped to get to the big bruin.

We traveled over 30 miles through the mountains and flats towards the bear and at 7:30 am we were within a few miles of him. We stopped to discuss our final game plan and the direction we wanted to approach the bear and I remember Seth turning to me and saying, “It’s imminent”. All I could do was give him a nod as we settled on the idea that the best approach would be to come in from above in hopes of catching the bear a little groggy from his big winter nap.

We came over the ridge

and speculated that the bear would be right below us. We hopped off the sleds, started glassing and immediately found the den, but no bear. Fresh tracks lead away from his little haven in the snow, and just like a trail of breadcrumbs, we followed them with our binos. Sure enough, only a couple hundred yards from his den, there he lay. To me, at this point in time, he looked like the biggest bear in the world, and with the morning sun shining down on his blonde hair, he was no doubt the one I’d been waiting for. As he turned and spotted us near the crest of the hill he must have figured we weren’t part of his Spring plans. He took off and the race was on.

We jumped back on the sleds to catch up to him and it didn’t take long to close the distance. Jumping off the machine and steadying my Christensen Arms

Custom .300 Ultra, I found the big bruin in my crosshair. A second later, my rifle sent a bullet barking across the frozen, snow covered tundra and the 190 grain Hornady flew true. The beautiful blonde brown bear was down. All the pent up emotion coupled with the thrill of success boiled over and I let out a holler that echoed for miles off the surrounding hills. As I got up to this magnificent animal, I could not have been happier. I had always wanted a blonde bear but at this point in my bear quest I was just hoping to get a good one. He squared 8 ½ feet.

Alaska is an amazing place and the area we were hunting was truly breathtaking. The hunt with River Wild Lodge was action packed and having the opportunity to hunt off snow mobiles really made the whole experience unforgettable. I had finally harvested the ultimate predator.

‘Fate’ had finally sung a different tune.

I would like to thank Seth Kroenke and River Wild Lodge for an incredible experience. I look forward to sitting next to you again in the Stinson, but this time, it will be me singing along to “Sexy Chick.”

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Indian Creek Adventures Ed and Bev Schaffer offer some incredible Elk, Mule Deer, and Antelope hunting in Montana. Their business, Indian Creek Outfitters is a great find among western outfitters. Their hunting business is situated in the remote southeastern

corner of Montana. Â The country they live in is very scenic with an abundance of excellent wildlife, including mule deer, antelope, elk and upland game birds.

They also border the Custer National Forest.

Indian Creek Adventures offers trophy deer, elk and antelope hunts during archery season.  Archers have a huge advantage in taking a trophy elk in area 704 because it is during rut.  The bulls are really “bugling� and are easier to call within bow range.  Archery season is also during the rut for antelope.  Prior to the beginning of rifle season (when the big ones go into hiding), decoys and blinds on waterholes offer archers an outstanding opportunity to harvest a trophy mule deer or whitetail by treestands, or spot and stalk during archery season. The potential for trophy elk and antelope exist at all times in Indian Creek’s hunting area.

Indian Creek offers a three level log lodge and is located adjacent to the

Custer National Forest. Â The house will accomodate up to 6 guests. Â Wholesome, home-cooked meals are provide twice a day and hunters are provided with a noon lunch. Â Five seperate bedrooms with comfortable log beds provide privacy and comfort in a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

Here is the pricing from 2012: Deer Archery (4 days) $3,750 Elk Archery $5,000 Antelope/Deer Archery Combo $4,750 Elk/Deer Combo Hunt Archery or Rifle (7 days) $7,500 Antelope Archery (4 days) $2,000 (w/accomodations) (License Cost Not Included) (50% required at time of booking)

You can contact Indian Creek Adventures at: Ed and Bev Schaffer Indian Creek Adventures 11 Martini Rd., Otter, MT 59062

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