And I should add that i totally feel for you. Since they switched to this system, we have tried every year before now to work out a cool hunt as a group. It’s been an absolute mess every time, and we just finally threw in the towel and agreed to get together with our ID friends for upland hunts...
Got this in email today:
“Dear Hunter,
Idaho nonresident deer and elk tags for the 2024 hunting season go on sale Dec. 1 starting at 10 a.m. MST.
Demand for tags is expected to be high on Dec. 1 and we are going to do it the same way again in order to waste your time throughout your work...
FHF gear kit
$79 tyd via USPS priority mail
Pro-M bino harness (medium) in multicam
Rangefinder pouch (small) in multicam
Harness shoulder pad in multicam
Good condition, minor discoloration on inside of bino harness (see pic) - bought in June 2021, used for ‘21 and ‘22 hunting seasons, so...
You really think your observations mean you're not affecting elk with an ATV (or your boots/bike/truck)? Did you take all the pressure the elk experience (like where is preferred habitat vs. where is the worst disturbance) into account? Did you know where all the other hunters and predators...
Oh yeah, it not unexpected, just uncool. The non-hunter was there last year, too, but declined to talk to me then and seemed focused on an area a mile or two away.
I had a clue he was going to work closer to me this year - I saw them on Friday and he again declined to stop and chat as he...
I drove 20+ miles on dirt. Gave up an extra day of vacation to get there a day early to acclimate to 10k ft. Woke at 0345 this morning, hiked 90 min to where I was last year, covered up in deer, when a family matter came up and I had to leave (thanks, InReach). And just past dawn in comes an...
I want to go somewhere where there’s nobody and I think that means going up from the low trailheads. Down low it’s fisherman or LADWP trucks blasting along the roads, up the high trailheads, it’s just people everywhere—first time in A17, I got up on a high glassing point and seven of the eight...
I’ve heard this and hunted the 4-6k elevation range between backpacking trips - never found a buck down there but it’s big and sonetimes busy country. I think the best part of “up high” where a packer can drop me is just less people traffic.
Anyone have any experience with horse/mule packer outfits in? I pulled an archery tag for that zone this year and thinking about ways to extend my reach responsibly (I am old).
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