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Tag: Montana hunting

LocaCarnivore Product Review: Nosler AccuBond Bullets

A bright, blood-orange sun dipped below a fir and ponderosa mantled ridge in Montana’s Blackfoot River country. A tedious, yet picturesque afternoon-long wait had come down to this; fifteen minutes before last legal hunting light and still no deer had Read More

Montana Bow Hunter Puts on Pronghorn Stalking Clinic [Video]

Pronghorn, aka, the speed goat.  These Pleistocene throwbacks are among the world’s toughest game animals to hunt.  With eight-power eyesight and a 60 mph top-speed, many hunters count themselves lucky if they can get a 400 yard rifle shot.  Bow Read More

LocaCarnivore Test and Review: PPU .300 Winchester Magnum 180 Grain Soft-Point

Prvi Partizan is a Serbian munitions maker established in 1928. Sold in the United States under the PPU brand, their ammunition is among the lowest priced available. With its no frills packaging and understated marketing, many American shooters believe it Read More

The Best Rifle and Caliber for Hunting in Montana

Montana, “The Last Best Place,” as termed by artist Charlie Russell, is the fourth largest state. It is home to many different game species: elk, moose, bison, black bear, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion, wolf, big horn sheep, mountain goat, upland Read More

Use Enough Gun: Why You Should Bring a Big-Bore to a Bear Hunt

One early May morning, something caught my eye on a logging road five hundred yards across a drainage as I hunted bear on a ridge complex not far from home. A quick look through the binoculars revealed an immense cinnamon Read More

Are You a LocaCarnivore?

What is a LocaCarnivore? In its simplest form, locacarnivores are hunters who rely on their immediate geographical area for game meat.  While horse-packing a week into the backcountry, setting up camp, and hunting for days on end is a time Read More