I got to hunt Montana 8 yrs ago 2 yrs in a row. I saw bigger mule deer around the powder river area and towards powderville. There were a couple places where the land owners wanted you to hunt their land, they got $10. per day per hunter from fish and game. They were telling me that in the winter the deer would come and eat the bales of hay for the cattle. He said a lot of times he would just shoot the deer and leave them lay cause he didn't have the time to clean em.
I also hunted around walling reef and the north fork depuyer creek, bob marshall wilderness area where I shot my mule deer. It was a 3x4 around 22 inches wide.
My friend Eric lives in Great falls.
I want to go back and hunt Montana again.
Tarey