{"id":3137,"date":"2015-10-28T07:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2015-10-28T07:29:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T14:29:03","slug":"day-138-hunters-feed-in-ennis-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3137","title":{"rendered":"Day 138: Hunter&#8217;s Feed in Ennis, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We entered Montana in the absolute middle of nowhere in the middle of the day. This was the kind of place where you were lucky if you had a single bar of 3G. That said, it was beautiful and covered with snow covered mountains:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.08.17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.08.17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 15.08.17\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.08.17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.08.17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.08.17.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.09.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.09.32-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 15.09.32\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.09.32-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.09.32-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.23.56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.23.56-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 15.23.56\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.23.56-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-15.23.56-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We drove through mountains and not much else for a while. We happened to stop in the tiny town of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ennis,_Montana\" target=\"_blank\">Ennis<\/a>. We picked the right day of the year. It was their annual Hunter&#8217;s Feed Festival. This meant all the hunters from all over Montana and other states were in town because hunting season\u00a0was going to start the next day. There were loads of people to talk to and plenty of free food.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.04.15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.04.15-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 16.04.15-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.04.15-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.04.15-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_11432\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tui022pr_O8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We learned that Ennis is known for both hunting and fishing:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 16.17.02-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.17.02-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-23 16.23.55-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-23-16.23.55-1.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also learned that if we fancy wandering around on a mountain, we should wear hunter&#8217;s orange during <a href=\"http:\/\/fwp.mt.gov\/hunting\/seasons\/\" target=\"_blank\">hunting season<\/a>, so we bought some hats:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/C804_OrangeBlazeNewBreakUp_Hat_Front_2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/C804_OrangeBlazeNewBreakUp_Hat_Front_2010-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"C804_OrangeBlazeNewBreakUp_Hat_Front_2010\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/C804_OrangeBlazeNewBreakUp_Hat_Front_2010-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/C804_OrangeBlazeNewBreakUp_Hat_Front_2010.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not the most fashionable, but then, better than getting shot by an errant bullet.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Montana has been similar to Idaho in terms of friendliness, which is a good thing. One other thing related to hospitality that I have liked about both states is all 5\u00a0hotels have had warm chocolate chip cookies when we arrive in the evening. With the weather turning colder (well, honestly, even without it), it is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We entered Montana in the absolute middle of nowhere in the middle of the day. This was the kind of place where you were lucky if you had a single bar of 3G. That said, it was beautiful and covered&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279,278,277,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bozeman","category-ennis","category-montana","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3137"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}