Recent content by idgator

Hi Waveone, I've been hunting the area maybe the last 6 years + or - (I don't live up there, but travel up for a few days of hunting each year), so I don't really have a historical perspective on what the unit used to be like. Like I said, when I go up in late November, I see elk. Last year...

Hi Cacklercrazy/Waveone, I hunt 10A for whitetails around Dworshak, generally around Thanksgiving. In the area I hunt, I generally see elk in decent numbers. I can't say I have ever seen a mule deer where I hunt and I have seen plenty of bear sign. I'm not sure what the hunting pressure is...

Hi HuntninTaxidermy, I've hunted the 36A-1 side on and off over the last 12 years or so (including summer hiking). As you know it's beautiful country. I think the elk are doing fine ? as Hornguy said. What I have noticed and you should be prepared for is the archery hunting pressure (number...

HayZeus, I don't think there is an easy or steadfast definition for long range ?hunting? it really depends on the individual and the situation. Some people are not capable, through their own limitation or the limitation of their equipment, to shoot over 100 yards. Others have the capability to...

Springvilleshooter, It's not if long range takes away the animals natural defense ? it does! 1. Is an animal more likely to smell you from 100 yards or 800 yards? 2. Is an animal more likely to hear you from 100 yards or 800 yards? 3. Is an animal more likely to see and perceive you as a...

Springvilleshooter, I take it since no one asked for your opinion then you would classify you own post as a douche bag comment? And, apparently, you need to thicken your skin as well ? no? Everyone understands that stuff happens when hunting and people for various reasons miss shots. This is...

Yes ? that is what I call that statement. If thinking that the animals I hunt deserve the highest respect and I as a hunter have an obligation to make as quick and clean a kill as possible then Yes I must be a hater. Apparently, you don't agree with the above statement judging by your...

To say that haters are going to hate no matter what is an intellectually dishonest statement to make in this case. I doubt anyone would be hating on the video if it was a 300 yard 1 shot clean kill. The shooter needed 3 shots at a very long distance and a very steep angle first wounding, then...

Zigger, I suspected that reference would get a "little rise" out of you.

Zigger's comments aren't any kind of commentary on Robin William, but they are insightful to who Zigger is as a person and we can all see (intolerant, callous, hateful, misinformed and probably suffering from small penis syndrome). Guys like him are a dime a dozen and he gets his rocks off of...

Here?s what I think ? there are a multitude of issues that impact mule deer (I'll list a few of what I believe are the big ones): 1. Weather - sever winters decimate the mule deer population 2. Lack of a serious feeding program by F&G in those sever winters (related to #1) 3. Habitat...

Here?s the quote from you that I am basing my statement on ? ?I guess what I am saying is just because Idaho doesn't have the "trophy potential" you feel it should don't limit my opportunity to fill my freezer and potentially take a trophy in my eyes any season. We only have so many years to...

andrew12gauge, Nice attitude. Let me take all mine right now and screw everyone else ... who cares about the future or what's best for the deer as long as I get what I want. People wonder how this country got $15 trillion in debt it's with thinking like that. You do only have so many years...

Grosventrehunter, I am by no means an expert on hunting whitetails up north, but I will tell you I started buying an extra out of state tag just for this hunt (the past 3 years). I trophy hunt for mulies and meat hunt for whitetails. I generally hunt up around Orofino or Grangeville and my...

nvoutdoors, I don't hunt the Lemhi zone, but as you can see by the replies you may have over estimated the willingness of folks on this board to help you out. I would suggest giving Fish and Game a call, get ahold of a bologist for the region and they can point you in the right direction to...