Hello all,

I am in the process of moving to SE Montana and would like to know what the upland hunting is like in SE Montana. I love to hunt Sharptails and Pheasants but would also like to get after some Huns.

Most likely I will be around Colstrip area.

Thanks for any information.

http://fwpiis.mt.gov/hunting/plan/g...p.aspx?bt=sharp

http://fwpiis.mt.gov/hunting/plan/u...es=116#sheridan

http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt...s/gamebird.html

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Thanks I had been using their Website....just wanted more affirmative feedback without someone giving me their spots. I do like to do a lot of my own "research".

One more question: what about rattlesnakes? Are they very plentiful? Should I go through snake avoidance with my Britts?

Thanks for your advice.

Tom

YES We have Snakes out that way. !!!
It is so dry that most of the snakes you will find along the waterways,ditches and home steads.
There is a lot of grouse and partridge and some pheasants. Most of the good hunting is in privet lands, good lock they do a lot of outfitting over there for birds and prairie dogs.

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Britts!?
Lucky devils.
Have a good time, they will for sure.
Cheers
Richard (fellow Brit)

I grew up in the Forsyth area which is about 25 miles north east of Colstrip and my wife's family has a good sized ranch south of Colstrip and I will clue you in. There are almost no grouse in that area except a rarely found strain of sharp tail grouse that you won't find in the grain fields like other grouse but up in the pine trees and they are few and far between. In 35 years I have never seen a hungarian partridge in this area. Not to say they aren't there. For Huns I would look north of Forsyth. We used to see a lot of them there as well as the Smith Creek hills. If you want easy grouse hunting look in the Smith Creek area just west of Forsyth. Good luck finding access. Having relatives there I used to hunt the Smith Creek a lot and there were always lots of birds, turkeys too. The pheasants are plentiful all around the area as long as you are hunting the creek or river bottoms. Along the Yellowstone river the water fowl hunting is absolutlely fantastic. As for rattle snakes, they are every where and some years are quite aggressive.
If you try to gain access to private lands to hunt birds invite the land owner. A few of them have had the chance to hunt with a good dog and like it. The hunting can be pretty tough with out a dog and most of them don't have a good bird dog let alone time to pursue the hunt on foot. Without a dog it becomes a driving operation with lots of time and leg work and brush busting.