Topic: Success or tag soup?

[NoviceHunter]

We should be able to work something out.  I'd invite you along on the elk hunts, but to be honest, I'm not sure that's the best place to get deer.  I deer hunt completely different than I elk hunt.  Elk have to be dug out of the nasty places on public land, it seems, and deer just aren't worth that. 

PM me whereabouts you hunt, and if you have cell coverage.  If we're reasonably near each other, with the cool temperatures we have now, it should be entirely reasonable if you want to give me a call as soon as the animal is down.

I'm not sure I'm the best teacher of before the shot stuff.  I get too cold to sit still, so I end up walking from ridge to ridge, looking for fresh tracks or the odd moving animal.  Wiser hunters than me expend far less energy for their deer. 

[luckypunk]

I'm free Saturday morning...finally

[mjmcmahon]

Luckypunk-

Send me a pm if you'd like to get together for a hunt on Saturday.

Thx,

Mike

[MarkinIdaho]

Haven't heard too many success stories from neighbors this year - a couple, but not many.  We are in the midst of moving - great timing, huh?  I'm hoping to get out Saturday afternoon/evening, but definitely Sunday - probably an all day excursion, hitting Bogus area, Boise Ridge Road, etc.

[mjmcmahon]

Mark-

Provided that I strike out on saturday, let mge know if youre open to dragging a "noob"along on sunday.   

[fastfire]

My hunting party had 2 bull and 2 cow tags.
Monday one got a 6x6 bull elk 400 yd shot, Tuesday I got a calf 175 yd shot, Wednesday one got a cow 65 yd shot and today the one left with a bull tag wasn't in the right place at the right time, he was at the bottom of the hill trying to cut off a small herd(all turned out to be cows and calves), I was watching near the top of the hill and above me 275 yds away ran a cow,calf and a 4 point bull.

[MarkinIdaho]

Mark-

Provided that I strike out on saturday, let mge know if youre open to dragging a "noob"along on sunday.   

No problem... PM me your name and number.

[fj40mojo]

Anybody seen any elk in 39? Anywhere???

[MarkinIdaho]

Anybody seen any elk in 39? Anywhere???

Well, my season ended with a very sore back from moving this weekend... so I wasn't able to go out.  My 14 year old went with a friend of mine and his boys... went up to Thorne Creek Butte - about 6 inches of snow on top.  No sign of deer or elk up there... or on the Cottonwood Creek side, either.  I was hoping they'd see some elk sign up there.  Was a good place in the past... before the damn canines showed up!

[NoviceHunter]

Anybody seen any elk in 39? Anywhere???

Tag soup for my cow tag.  I finally got into a bunch of sign on Saturday (got sick Friday).  It was DEEP into the nasty shit,  but less than 12 hours old.  I didn't manage to connect.  I think they're still up there, but the additional predators have changed their habits and movement.

[fj40mojo]

Tag soup for my cow tag.  I finally got into a bunch of sign on Saturday (got sick Friday).  It was DEEP into the nasty shit,  but less than 12 hours old.  I didn't manage to connect.  I think they're still up there, but the additional predators have changed their habits and movement.

PM me where. I'm not afraid to go into the shit!

[fj40mojo]

Elk Tag Soup....It's what's for dinner. A dish best served to the cold and bitter-me.

In the last minutes of the last hour of the last day I finally saw some elk. Far far away, headed down the country from my location and across a canyon. Couldn't grow horns on any of them but it would have had to be a monster at that range to make out head gear.

There is always next year and I'm thankful for the freezer full of deer we have.

[Valhalla]

Went for mule deer twice, no success.  Both trips were different parts of the Arrowrock area.  Saw 3 does, but no bucks. 

Going to hunt for whitetail up north near Kamiah and Kooskia this month.

[Longshot]

Killed a 3X4 Whitetail just out of Kamiah...  not big, but better tasting than the tag.

LS

[fj40mojo]

Went for mule deer twice, no success.  Both trips were different parts of the Arrowrock area.  Saw 3 does, but no bucks.  

Going to hunt for whitetail up north near Kamiah and Kooskia this month.

I think you better check the regs. I do believe you need a Whitetail Deer tag to hunt in the late season hunts in that portion of the state.

Deer hunters may choose either a regular deer tag or a
white-tailed deer tag. The regular deer tag is valid for any
hunt listed under “2010 Regular Deer Tag Seasons” on
pages 9-13.
The white-tailed deer tag is valid for white-tailed deer only,
for any hunt listed under “2010 White-tailed Deer Tag
Seasons” on pages 14-17.

[Valhalla]

I think you better check the regs. I do believe you need a Whitetail Deer tag to hunt in the late season hunts in that portion of the state.

I have.. and you do.

You can trade in your unfilled mule deer tag for a whitetail tag at the Fish and Game office (according to my BIL).

[fj40mojo]

I have.. and you do.

You can trade in your unfilled mule deer tag for a whitetail tag at the Fish and Game office (according to my BIL).

Your BIL(What ever that is?) is wrong. From page 77 of the current regs booklet

Exchange of Deer or Elk Tags: Hunters may exchange
general season elk tags for use in another zone at any Fish
and Game office. Likewise, deer hunters may exchange
a general season deer tag for another deer tag at any Fish
and Game office. A fee of $3.75 will be charged. Only one
exchange is allowed. The exchange must be completed before
the first opening hunt date for the tag being exchanged. For
any area with a quota on tags, exchanges must be made
before the quota for that tag type has been sold

You can exchange the tag you purchased before that season opens but not after.

Back in the mid nineties before the creation of the Whitetail Tag you could hunt in your area with a general deer tag and if unsuccessful head to that portion of the state and hunt whitetail either sex with your general deer tag. The locals in that portion of the state were understandably not happy with the situation as they became inundated with unsuccessful hunters from all over the state right when the hunting started getting good for their local whitetails. The whitetail tags were created to make people commit to choosing where they would hunt, predictably most choose to hunt in their local area rather than travel to a distant part of Idaho thereby eliminating a bunch of hunting pressure in the late running whitetail seasons. Sorry man, tag soup. Unless, there is a hunt still open in Unit 38 for antlerless with short range weapons. This is over in the Parma/Fort Boise WMA. I went with a buddy a couple of years ago and he got a doe swimming in the Snake with buck shot from his 12ga in the Fort Boise WMA. You'll need a boat to take advantage of this hunt.

[Valhalla]

Actually I just talked to fish and game and a regular deer tag is good for mule and whitetail. Most of the units up north closed already. Some close Nov 18 and some Dec 1. Only reason for a whitetail tag is some units allow later hunting specifically for whitetail. And yes you can't exchange.

Good info to know. Next year well just hunt up there, it seems better anyways.

BIL - brother in law

[Valhalla]

We've got family and a cabin up there. We planned on steelhead fishing mostly anyways. Would be nice to get some hunting in but wont be worth it to drive to a later unit we're not familiar with.

[MarkinIdaho]

If you have kids 16 and under, there's an open doe season over by Bruneau.  Closes the 24th.  Should be a good hunt... it's set up for the kids to have a good chance at a deer... and to reduce the numbers heading toward farmer's fields.

[Farlo]

Tag soup on the deer tag.  I saw lots of does, but nothing with antlers.

Scored a small spike bull Unit 39, however.  Good meat.  We saw lots and lots of cows.

[Hawk43]

I didn't drop the hammer my self but I packed out a few deer and got a flatlander buddy on a nice buck.
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