Sorry Lloyd,
Worrying about concealed or open carry on an Indian reservation is a very very minor detail in my life. I wouldnt let it ruin a destination fishing trip with my son. I wouldnt let it complicate a destination fishing trip with my son. Im sorry if I said Yellowstone instead of Big Horn I shouldve said Yellowtail dam.
Lloyd, if you read any of the trout magazines, the trip youre planning to take is carefully explained in a whole bunch of them theres an article or two every year doing exactly what youre about to do.
Because there are cattle ranches all along the river there, there is fencing from the Highwater mark all along the river, to keep the cattle from breaking down the river banks. I think theres some law in Montana that says Everybody is allowed to wade the river outside the fencing.
There are signs all about it along the river.
I stayed at the Cottonwood camp, did the float, hunted Huns on the neighboring farms, hooked up with the guy from the Cottonwood camp, and shot geese in some pasture around there somewhere, and then hunted ducks down on the islands at the 3 mile landing.
No firearms issues.
Everybody in the whole town was nice and friendly. But, the people that support the tourists were poor. There was no grocery store, and people placed their order for a delivery once or twice a week, where they all picked up their stuff by the laundromat.
The people jetting into the Orvis endorsed lodges and what not, werent. Thats just life in the outdoors on a big river ie lifestyle choice.
It was definitely worth it being a homeless outdoor guy, camping with all of the other transients down by the river.
Youre going to have a great trip, dont make it needlessly complicated.
If youve looked at this trip in any of the magazines, you know that its all about the flow. Its beautiful open country.
There are many reasons people come from all over the world to fish there.
