Lower Blackfoot district encompasses portions of Flathead and Lolo National Forest plus 34,000 acre Rattlesnake Wilderness Area and 24,000 acre Marshall Creek Wildlife Management Area offers hundreds of square miles of public lands. Special use rules apply to Rattlesnake Wilderness and Marshall Creek. Missoula is in the southwest corner adding to the popularity of the area.

Missoula County has a number of bulls scoring 167” to 150” entered in the Boone and Crockett record book. Powell County does not have any listings. Blackfoot, Rattlesnake and Clearwater drainages and surrounding valleys and slopes is worth scouting during early September. Look for signs of the breeding season is in full swing; a fresh rub or wallow with a rank smell hanging in the air then set up and call.