Elk being queit.

[Big Sky]

Bitteroot.
If you cant find that big 7 hopefuly he has about 50 cows with him so next year there are a whole bunch of little 7's running around.

[homegrown]

this past saturday I took one of my nine year old sons with me , because of the heat I wasnt expecting much but was surprised that there were bulls bugling the whole day saturday and sunday eventhough it was mid 80's. To make a long story short we walked a total of about 7-8 miles sunday in some pretty rugged country but my boy ran out of steam before we could get on the elk. I was pretty proud of how well he did though and was one of the best hunts Ive had for a long time. this was southwestern MT.

[MT backcountry hunter]

I was out this mornign before work and the bulls started to bugle at roughly 5:45 and they shut up before legal light hit. I think it is late enough in the year they have heard every bell and whistle under the sun and don't wanna "expose" themself in the daylight. But the day before a friend was in the same spot and he said they bugled till 10 o'clock. Who knows......it's elk hunting.

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Just came out a day early. Very, very little activity until well after dark, and then only a few weak bugles. A couple of guys in our party had a close encounter with a big 6, though. They walked right into him. No shot.

Might just go antelope hunting.