Big Sky Public Land Bulls ft. Ambassador Braedon Pennington 

By Braedon Pennington

The quest for my first bull elk continued this year after myself and three of my close friends drew our big game combination tags. Was this going to be the year I finally got to walk up and lay my hands on a public land bull, something that I have dreamed of harvesting since I was a little boy! Fast forward after seven months of preparation of gear and escouting on the hunt wise app looking at locations we have hunted before and new territory getting a game plan, it was time to hit the mountains!

Mobile hunting is a key factor in success when it comes to hunting elk and mule deer in the mountains of Montana and we were ready for the task. With my  Sumpter packed full of my gear we hit the mountains in hopes of gaining intel looking for fresh sign and trying to locate the herds of elk migrating out of the mountains into lower ground.

The next couple days consisted of miles hiking and glassing draws, and mountain sides looking for a bull.  In amongst those first few days of glassing and scouting I spotted a mule buck that caught my attention and decided to put the stalk on him, closing the distance on him I was presented a clean ethical shot opportunity and dropped him in his tracks. A beautiful 3x3 buck my second and biggest mule deer to date.