MOhunter28
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- Jan 18, 2016
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Hey folks long time since I have posted last. I'll be honest hunting hasn't been much on my mind since my "disaster" hunt in Idaho in the high country. Not sure if my profile links to the post about it but its somewhere on here.
A buddy and I hunted unit 67 in Idaho in the high country for mule deer with our bows. Due to the events that happened there, (a bear visited our camp and water was near impossible to find) we never really "hunted". We did see 3 nice bucks but not a whole lot of deer in general. So, for this coming season, our questions is do we go somewhere else or do we learn from our experience and try again?
Pro and cons to going back to Idaho: PROS: we never saw any hunters, nice sized deer, OTC tag, we are now somewhat familiar with the ground, we would be more prepared for that area CONS: there's a shit ton of bears there, little water, few deer, 2 day drive just to get there, very very rough/dangerous hike in with a pack.
Our other option we thought of was going to Colorado and going into the high country in units 74 or 82. We do have 1 PP right now which should get us into those units. Both of those units have a popular early rifle so I tend to think that there are good deer numbers there.
If this was year 4 or whatever in our hunting, I wouldn't let the last trip hurt my judgement. Since it was our first high country experience, and want to become familiar with an area, we thought now would be a good time to "start over".
We are not 100% sure what to do, we just want to enjoy the experience of hunting in the high country and we want to see some deer numbers. A trophy buck would be a bonus but ultimately the trophy is shooting a deer in the high country with our bow. We also think that building the experience of stalking high country deer will prepare us for when we do want to pursue the trophy deer. So our question is are we thinking correctly at going to Colorado in units 82 or 74? Is there another place that has a target rich environment in the high country. Let me know or PM me what you think. Obviously, I can provide info on Idaho unit 67 deer and can give some info on eastern Wyoming deer and antelope and would be willing to swap info. Thanks!
A buddy and I hunted unit 67 in Idaho in the high country for mule deer with our bows. Due to the events that happened there, (a bear visited our camp and water was near impossible to find) we never really "hunted". We did see 3 nice bucks but not a whole lot of deer in general. So, for this coming season, our questions is do we go somewhere else or do we learn from our experience and try again?
Pro and cons to going back to Idaho: PROS: we never saw any hunters, nice sized deer, OTC tag, we are now somewhat familiar with the ground, we would be more prepared for that area CONS: there's a shit ton of bears there, little water, few deer, 2 day drive just to get there, very very rough/dangerous hike in with a pack.
Our other option we thought of was going to Colorado and going into the high country in units 74 or 82. We do have 1 PP right now which should get us into those units. Both of those units have a popular early rifle so I tend to think that there are good deer numbers there.
If this was year 4 or whatever in our hunting, I wouldn't let the last trip hurt my judgement. Since it was our first high country experience, and want to become familiar with an area, we thought now would be a good time to "start over".
We are not 100% sure what to do, we just want to enjoy the experience of hunting in the high country and we want to see some deer numbers. A trophy buck would be a bonus but ultimately the trophy is shooting a deer in the high country with our bow. We also think that building the experience of stalking high country deer will prepare us for when we do want to pursue the trophy deer. So our question is are we thinking correctly at going to Colorado in units 82 or 74? Is there another place that has a target rich environment in the high country. Let me know or PM me what you think. Obviously, I can provide info on Idaho unit 67 deer and can give some info on eastern Wyoming deer and antelope and would be willing to swap info. Thanks!