YOUR 2025 HUNT WEST DASHBOARD

For Erik Anderson

OVERVIEW

Welcome to your Hunt West Dashboard. Please use this page as a reference for links to resources we discuss in videos, and to find Hunt Plans. This includes OnX Hunt Maps links, as well as any additional descriptions and videos created to help you understand how to make the most of your hunting plans. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Cheers! - JB

YOUR MONTANA ELK HUNT PLAN

Primary Unit: HD 448 | Northern Little Belts

OVERVIEW: Physically Tough with Good Elk Numbers

  • Some Private, Mostly Big Mountain

  • Big Backcountry Areas

  • Glassable & Physical Mountain Range

  • 1,160 Elk (At Objective)

  • 384 Square Miles (3 Elk/Sq. Mi.)

  • 74% Public Lands

  • Archery & Rifle Regs: Brow-tined Bull or Antlerless Elk

2025 HUNT PLAN OVERVIEW

Coming soon…

DAY EXAMPLE ITINERARY

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 | White Sulpher Springs, MT

MORNING GAME PLAN

Wake Up: 4:30 AM

Start Hiking: 5:30 AM

Aim for 1.5-2 miles per hour to identified feature; glassing knob, wallow, meadow, etc.

Listen & Call For Bugles and/or Glass: 6:30 AM

SUNRISE IS 7:08 AM

Run & Gun Calling: 6:30-9:45 AM

Check likely pockets for elk. Cover 3-4 Miles.

Hunt Back to Truck: 9:45–11:00 am

Take Nap: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

EVENING GAME PLAN

Move Areas & Eat Lunch: 1:00 PM

Start Hiking: 1:30 PM

Locate Wallow to Sit & Do a Calling Sequence: 2:30 PM

Take another nap on the wallow if slow.

Run & Gun Calling: 5:00-8:00 PM

Check likely pockets for elk. Cover 3-4 Miles.

SUNSET IS 7:24 PM

Hike Back to Truck: 8:00 PM

Finishing the hike out to the truck in the dark should be a couple of miles of easy-to-navigate terrain.

Dinner: 9:00 PM

Sleep: 10:30 PM to 4:30 AM

Intro Call Replay

Coming soon…

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES