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  1. .204smokechaser

    Hunting in smoke

    Animals won’t care. Make sure you’re staying up on hydration and good calorie intake. I do better when my body feels good. Usually takes me 2-3 months to feel like I recover from fire season. The particulate matter is no joke.
  2. .204smokechaser

    Northwest Fire Danger

    Sure is going to look different down there after this one but I think a lot of folks saw this coming with the state of the lodgepole stands down there.
  3. .204smokechaser

    Northwest Fire Danger

    Except for everyone that lost their places during the Gwen, pretty quiet year. Amazing how the tide turned at the latter part of July and August. 1 5000 acre fire in the Selway and pretty much north of the Salmon River is quiet.
  4. .204smokechaser

    Where to shoot tannerite, Idaho

    It depends. Do you prefer a federal prison system or state prison? I heard the Orofino Red Hots crew is fun to be on. They seem to have a blast when they get on projects in the woods in the summer. About near every forest, state, BLM and tribe is busy at the moment with fires so I wouldn’t...
  5. .204smokechaser

    Any firefighters out there?

    From a forestry technicians perspective as a bunch of us are still yet to see Wildland Firefighter title in the federal sector even though the BIL Law was passed years ago. A person who works their butt off with USFS will see the positives and on many districts will have their NWCG FFT1/ICT5...
  6. .204smokechaser

    Northwest Fire Danger

    If it keeps up I bet we see stage 2 restrictions soon on every forest/region and potlatchdeltic lands closed to the public. Had dry lightning the other morning. Around 50 strikes and small fires so far here. Eastern Oregon got hammered with lightning last Wednesday too.
  7. .204smokechaser

    What hunting rig are you running/how do you use it

    Yeah I originally got it just for being able to do easy single tracks and road cruising. With the gas mileage it was an easy decision over using my truck and having to go 55 miles into the nearest gas station every few days. Lots of USFS and logging roads here North of Highway 12 and South of I-90!
  8. .204smokechaser

    What hunting rig are you running/how do you use it

    I have a 13 tacoma which I hate a lot and wish I would have kept my 91 v6 3.0. I miss having a stick shift to cruise down roads with. Camped out of both of them and plenty of room for all the stuff I carry in the back. The TW is what I used to use the most to get around on scouting trips and...
  9. .204smokechaser

    How do you celebrate the 4th of July?

    I’m usually on a fire assignment on the 4th. Crippled this year after an accident so I’m sitting back and enjoying people lighting off fireworks. So far nobody has started a fire, yet!
  10. .204smokechaser

    New rules on posting spots? Really Rokslide?

    Maybe you should ask the local county search and rescues about when people find out about a hunting spot from this forum or others and they have to go rescue their asses when they get injured or lost and aren’t prepared.
  11. .204smokechaser

    Idaho Controlled Hunt Results 24

    I’m not that suprised about not selected after 4 tags including a moose the last few years
  12. .204smokechaser

    Couple of weird things I witnessed last week. Summertime crazies?

    I feel this is the norm these days for us 2 wheel guys/gals Coming down a usfs road on my motorcycle doing 15 around a blind corner damn near riding in the ditch and what do you know? A vehicle with Montana plates (probably a rental car) on my side of the road coming at me fast. Oh well...
  13. .204smokechaser

    Emergency Tow Insurance

    Haven’t found one yet. Dropped AAA after they wouldn’t get me from a maintained USFS road. Usually the local tow companies here charge upwards of $1000 to tow rigs out of the woods here. Last year a guy fly fishing had a flat with no spare on a rental and it was a $1700 tow bill
  14. .204smokechaser

    2024 Idaho Spring Bear

    Just zoom in, less vegetated stuff usually is grass or Forbs but that thicker stuff is elderberry, choke cherry, maple, alder brush, or ceanothus. Definitely wish some hot fires would break out to get rid of it one of these years. Need more grass not only to make bear hunting easier but to...
  15. .204smokechaser

    2024 Idaho Spring Bear

    Just know the difference in vegetation in 10. It’s similar to 6. The grassy areas on OnX and Google Earth look like grass but when you get out here brush fields are massive, tall, and thick.
  16. .204smokechaser

    2024 Montana Spring Bear Road Conditions

    Snow line is 4800 to 5100 feet on the Idaho side of Hoodoo Pass with south and aspects fairly bare to 5500’ I’m thinking similar on the superior side.
  17. .204smokechaser

    Idaho Spring Bear

    I think this thread is doing real good. Talked to a group of Wisconsin boys out here yesterday and 2 from Ohio today. Unit 10.
  18. .204smokechaser

    Idaho Moose Draw

    Have fun 100% of the time. Don’t congregate in 1 area with trail cams either. I had 10 spread out throughout my moose sub unit to narrow down areas.
  19. .204smokechaser

    Idaho Moose/Goat/Sheep draw results

    Hopefully I meet a moose tag holder or a goat tag holder for out here. Only one phone call so far
  20. .204smokechaser

    The North Fork of the Clearwater

    Worst thing many believe they ever did was put in Dworshak. So much river corridor lost not counting the steelhead and salmon. A few times a year I try to explore a new area along the river to find old logging history and it’s fun

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