Recent content by bigcreekmetal

You cannot be serious. Not about the herding of the elk I believe that, but Melon actually tried getting money from F&G for lost revenue?? What was their argument?

I dont have a problem at all with the landowner pool. However I would be all for a rule stating that if they draw a tag they can only hunt said animal on their own property.

A member of my family has over 12,000 deeded acres in unit 31 and consistently puts in for a landowner bull tag every year and has literally not ever once drawn a tag. Another landowner in 31 who has around 3500 acres has drawn a bull tag seriously multiple years in a row or every other year at...

Trust me it wouldnt bother some of the landowners I know either! SOME of them hate the elk. They are always fixing fence the elk tear up and see them as competing against their cows for forage. Ive not heard any cross words from landowners about deer, all seems to be directed at the elk.

So today I actually had a good conversation with a fish and game officer from McCall who covers unit 31 area. We talked about how much deer can travel for one thing. He said they had quite a few deer they radio collared north of Emmett and up into Indian Valley and alot of those deer went as...

Yes after snowmageddon it was crazy bad for population. This year I saw double the deer than I did post snowmageddon.. After snowmageddon I remember seeing 5 to 8 deer or so. This whole season I saw 15 total so things are looking up I guess! But seriously its been 5 or 6 years since that bad...

Ok if I had to choose between the two I would choose elk so guess I shouldnt complain right? I do understand how more elk can equal less deer in certain areas, but not the lower country I am talking about that used to always have big deer numbers because the elk tend to stay up higher for the...

Well like I said the elk numbers are good, actually great, but it is the deer I dont see hardly any of. I got a 5x6 bull, daughter got a bear, but deer numbers are awful on the southern end of the unit. I dont cover the rest of the unit though so maybe elsewhere its better but not from the...

I have hunted an approximate 4000 acre piece of private land down low in unit 31 for over 20 years. It is sagebrush hills with a few springs and has farm fields on 3 sides. Perfect deer habitat. Used to see easily over 100 deer every day, sometimes even 200. Tons of deer, lots of bucks, and big...

Good to know kota thank you.

Interesting, thanks for the info guys. I will try to find the local biologist and get in touch with him/her. I dont care to know bad enough to spend a ton of time trying to get the info. Thanks all.

A couple days ago IDFG had a helicopter fly over my father in laws lower ranch in the Weiser area counting deer and maybe elk to IDK they called my father in law before flying over his place to tell him they would be counting deer. I was wondering just out of curiosity if they make those reports...

I hunted unit 58 for one day around 22 years ago when I was at Ricks college. Killed a 3 point buck, found a 5 point deer shed and found a big ole 5x6 deer rack which measured just over 30 inches wide and the whole skeleton leaned up against a log up on top of a mountain with a heck of a view...

First afternoon out in southwest Idaho on Wednesday ran into 10 bulls in a bachelor group but no bugling from them. Two of the 6 points were rattling horns with each other but nothing too major. Then the next day found a herd of 13 cows and a smallish 6x7 bull and he was bugling.