Swan Valley MT recommendations

[Bushman1927]

I'll be hunting at the end of October with an outfitter in Swan Valley for elk. I've done MT Muleys for a few years and 1 year of moose in AK, but never elk nor been in the Swan Valley. Any area-specific recommendations outside of best practices on other areas of MT?

Thanks in advance

 

[RockyMtnMT]

The Swan is tough country. You should have a great time.

 

[Bushman1927]

Thanks. I've hunted the little belts and mission mountains in some deep snow late November. I remember the latter being a gut check.

 

[FEENIX]

I'll be hunting at the end of October with an outfitter in Swan Valley for elk. I've done MT Muleys for a few years and 1 year of moose in AK, but never elk nor been in the Swan Valley. Any area-specific recommendations outside of best practices on other areas of MT?

Thanks in advance

Your outfitter is your best source. Good luck and have fun.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Thanks. I've hunted the little belts and mission mountains in some deep snow late November. I remember the latter being a gut check.

I have lived most of my life in western MT but really enjoy hunting east of the divide. The weather can be brutal at times in eastern MT with cold and wind. Western MT is steep, thick, and can get deep with snow.

 

[Bushman1927]

Expect much snow on the ground for the end of October on average for that area?

 

[Bushman1927]

Your outfitter is your best source. Good luck and have fun.

Thanks. It's a bucket list for me.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Expect much snow on the ground for the end of October on average for that area?

End of Oct probably not much. You never know though.

 

[FireFlyFishing]

Expect much snow on the ground for the end of October on average for that area?

It could be -20 or 60. Plan accordingly.

 

[AverageJoe90]

Last year, we got a big snow the towards the end of October. If I remember correctly that was the only one we got till after hunting season, so who knows what will happen this year. Chasing elk in the deep snow is a blast though!

 

[dogz]

Just checking in to see how your hunt in the Swan went?

 

[Bushman1927]

Amazing hunt/experience. No elk - the snow had just come and the dusting wasn't enough to push the migration yet in the opening part of the season - but we got a some mountain muley action and took a little meat buck. Tough terrain, but wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[Bushman1927]

Amazing hunt/experience. No elk - the snow had just come and the dusting wasn't enough to push the migration yet in the opening part of the season - but we got a some mountain muley action and took a little meat buck. Tough terrain, but wouldn't have it any other way.