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It’s damn near Halloween and that could mean a couple different things.  People dressed as clowns now have an excuse to be creeping everybody out. Kids walk around and ask for candy. It’s the rut BABBBYYYY! If a clown ever approached any of us hunters, while we weren’t at a circus, it would receive the ole redneck 5 knuckle shuffle to the kisser.   Kids always want candy, no change there.   And that’s why we are only concerned about #3 - the rut.  Before you get too excited, it might only be the ‘pre-rut’ in your area.  Regardless, temperatures are dropping,...

Grizzly 10/1/16 Hello everyone. Thought I should share yesterday morning's Grizzly incident. I took an early morning hike in the Madison valley to scout for elk. Knowing that bears are common throughout southwest Montana, I hollered out "hey bear" about every 30 seconds so as to not surprise any bears along the trail. About three miles in, I stepped out into an open meadow and hollered again. A few more steps and I spotted a sow Grizzly bear with cubs on the trail at the upper end of the meadow. The sow saw me right away and they ran a...