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<blockquote data-quote="rwbowser" data-source="post: 1539005" data-attributes="member: 105022"><p>I completely empathize! I'm very new to hunting, having just started these last couple of years, but managed a very nice 6x6 bull on my second elk hunt ever--not sure if you'd consider it a trophy or not (it's in my picture) but it's going over my fireplace. </p><p></p><p>I used a guide service that hunts on some of their own land and some public land in southern Montana. They helped me with the application process and I got a combo elk and deer tag both times with no points. I signed up for GoHunt Insider and have done a fair amount of research and keep coming back to the idea that working with a guide makes more sense for those of us who don't live out west and can't plan our time as "maybe." With a wife, job and three little kids I need to know what I'm doing a year in advance, and I can't afford the time and airfare to go back and forth to scout and never have a chance at seeing a bull because I was in the wrong area.</p><p></p><p>The points system is crazy. My oldest kid is 7 and I will start getting points for them for sheep, goats and moose early so, just in case they enjoy hunting, they'll be able to do this when they're older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rwbowser, post: 1539005, member: 105022"] I completely empathize! I'm very new to hunting, having just started these last couple of years, but managed a very nice 6x6 bull on my second elk hunt ever--not sure if you'd consider it a trophy or not (it's in my picture) but it's going over my fireplace. I used a guide service that hunts on some of their own land and some public land in southern Montana. They helped me with the application process and I got a combo elk and deer tag both times with no points. I signed up for GoHunt Insider and have done a fair amount of research and keep coming back to the idea that working with a guide makes more sense for those of us who don't live out west and can't plan our time as "maybe." With a wife, job and three little kids I need to know what I'm doing a year in advance, and I can't afford the time and airfare to go back and forth to scout and never have a chance at seeing a bull because I was in the wrong area. The points system is crazy. My oldest kid is 7 and I will start getting points for them for sheep, goats and moose early so, just in case they enjoy hunting, they'll be able to do this when they're older. [/QUOTE]
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