First time Idaho DIY elk hunt

[Chase_D]

A friend and myself just got back from our first DIY archery elk hunt in Idaho. We’re from NC and neither of us had been on a unguided elk hunt. We started planning the trip over a year ago and chose unit 66. After carefully preparation our gear, including food weighed in a little over 50 pounds. We saw/heard elk, but didn’t get one on the ground. We saw moose and ended up taking a small mule deer buck. Overall our trip exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.

 

[archp625]

That's excellent. Sounds like everyone made it back safe and you had some action.

 

[KHNC]

I am from NC as well. Those Idaho mtns are rough!

 

[afalcone]

A friend and myself just got back from our first DIY archery elk hunt in Idaho. We’re from NC and neither of us had been on a unguided elk hunt. We started planning the trip over a year ago and chose unit 66. After carefully preparation our gear, including food weighed in a little over 50 pounds. We saw/heard elk, but didn’t get one on the ground. We saw moose and ended up taking a small mule deer buck. Overall our trip exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.

Sounds like an awesome trip. Did you apply in Idaho or were you able to purchase tags over the counter?

 

[kiddogy]

congrats on your buck!
keep at it you'll gain experience and soon be an every year killer.

 

[ColeKira]

I'm also from NC and I'll be hunting the pan handle next season. Congrats.

 

[Fajkus5]

Nice! Congrats

 

[dhall1693]

Sounds like my white sulfur springs hunt last year

 

[Texag16]

Congrats!

 

[DogBrain]

Awesome to hear about git'n after it for elk. I've been to CO twice. I'll be back.

 

[zerodarkthirty]

Sounds awesome thanks for writeup

 

[Elkchaser 400]

Chasing elk in Idaho for over 40 years, wolves have sure smartened them up.

 

[blackhawk219]

Congrats! Me and a friend are going on a our first DIY backcountry hunt next November in unit 36A. It's a cow elk rifle tag. As a fellow East coast hunter, I'm curious what you thought of the weather and terrain. Were you prepared? Some things you could have improved on? My friend and I are used to camping, but never like this is the West. It get's pretty cold in the Adirondacks in NY (where we hunt/camp), but we've never camped in elevations like Idaho.

 

[KHALONIA]

Sounds like an awesome trip. Di xender discord omegle d you apply in Idaho or were you able to purchase tags over the counter?

little over 50 pounds. We saw/heard elk, but didn’t get one on the ground. We saw moose and ended up taking a small mule deer buck. Overall our trip exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.

 

[JDBLoneWolf]

Awesome to be successful after quite a journey from NC to Idaho. Im hoping to do the same in 2022 after graduate school. Thank you for sharing !

 

[snowranger]

A friend and myself just got back from our first DIY archery elk hunt in Idaho. We’re from NC and neither of us had been on a unguided elk hunt. We started planning the trip over a year ago and chose unit 66. After carefully preparation our gear, including food weighed in a little over 50 pounds. We saw/heard elk, but didn’t get one on the ground. We saw moose and ended up taking a small mule deer buck. Overall our trip exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.

Congratulation! Doing my first trip in October!

 

[HMP25]

A friend and myself just got back from our first DIY archery elk hunt in Idaho. We’re from NC and neither of us had been on a unguided elk hunt. We started planning the trip over a year ago and chose unit 66. After carefully preparation our gear, including food weighed in a little over 50 pounds. We saw/heard elk, but didn’t get one on the ground. We saw moose and ended up taking a small mule deer buck. Overall our trip exceeded our expectations. We’ll be back next year.

Always a good time out with friends! Harvesting a big game animal is just icing on the cake! Congrats

 

[Ajvandenbosch8]

Very cool congrats on a good trip!


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[tjwagoner]

Always hard to be new at something. Props for getting out there and getting started.

 

[Pawvbow]

Sounds like a Awsome adventure that I can’t wait to do someday!