Montana Hunt and Fish Company
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I will preface this review and admit that I had never been to Montana or seen an elk in the wild. I'm also a Midwestern Flatlander.
I called around and spoke with probably 10 different outfitters before choosing Vinny and Montana Hunt and Fish Company. He assured me throughout the year (I called him bi-weekly) that I would have a great opportunity to get a shot(s) at good bulls.
My guide was Guy Flynn, a 23year old, well experienced field guide. I was met ON TIME at the airport and went to camp where we would be staying for the week. We had excellent accommodations! We stayed at the Brackett Creek Inn, a bed and breakfast. Camp was a perfect location because it is situated between the 3 ranches that we hunted. Never had more than a 15 minute drive and we were hunting. We had toast/cereal/muffins for breakfast and made sandwiches to eat in the field for lunch. The B&B had hot water, showers, couches, your own bedroom and plenty of space to shoot arrows mid-day. There's also a nice creek there to catch some fish in, within walking distance of camp. Each night when we returned back to camp, the owners of the B&B would have us up to their house for a hot dinner and plenty of it.
The bulls weren't hot and heavy just yet, but they were coming to calls. I had 100% shot opportunity on bulls everyday that I hunted. I had 100% shot opportunity on cows everyday that I hunted as well. I was 1/2 of Vinny's 1st archery hunters and I will be more than happy to stand on my soapbox and tell people that the ranches we hunted have some good bulls on them. In 5 days of hunting, I probably saw 12 bulls that were bigger than the one that I harvested, "The Clyde Park Club". We also saw moose, mule deer, antelope and grouse.
Vinny runs a great operation that I would recommend to anyone. Everything from him returning calls/answering emails and answering the hundreds of questions I had for him, I was flat-out impressed with his operation. I filled my tag on Thursday and didn't hunt on Friday.
The terrain is suited for everyone, not too high/steep but not down in the valleys, either.
A big shout out to Vinny, Guy, Julio, Dr. Dan and Cowboy Dan in camp! I look forward to using MHFC for services again in the near future!!!
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Cool and 40 degrees in the morning. Afternoons would heat up to 75 degrees and cool back off into the high 50's at night. We only had rain 1 day during the hunt and it was a helluva rain/hail/wind storm.
