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I see House Resources Chairman, Mark Gibbs (R-Grace) is holding our needed hunting license fee increase hostage to his politics. He, of course, is declaring innocence. The legislation IDF&G introduced was a simple, "clean" bill to authorize the Idaho Fish and Game to increase fees. Gibbs...

When the Wyoming legislature began debating bills this year to take over public lands, Wyoming sportsmen and outdoor groups rose up and swamped the legislators with calls...and the bills were soundly trounced...

Representative Labrador (R - Idaho) is at it again. He has again introduced legislation to turn management of public lands over to the State of Idaho. Any of you who have hunted on State lands here in Idaho know what to expect....a lot of clearcuts, a lot of roads, most of which are in very...

I just took IDFG on-line survey addressing limited quota applications and the sale/auction of trophy tags to raise general revenue. As for offering more trophy tags for auction to raise money...I would vote "NO" but it isn't a "die-on-my-sword"-type of principle for me. I would rather see a...

I could use some hints on where to hunt antlered elk in Unit 14. Here's why. My son-in-law, an avid outdoorsman, is seriously ill. He has been bedridden for the past three years. In some ways, this has been a blessing for me as I have had the privilege of mentoring my grandson, 13, through...

Just recently, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act. This bill incorporates an earlier bill introduced by our own Rep. Ra?l Labrador (R-ID), the Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act, which transfers the management of about 200,000 acres of...

I noticed the recent State Congressional session managed to pass a new trespass law. Essentially, it allows landowners to put up a sign where a public road enters their property notifying the public that it is private land for the next X miles. They can even post a map on the sign showing the...

Have you heard about the Upper Lochsa Land Exchange? The Forest Service is proposing to trade local lands near our towns here in North Central Idaho we all hunt, camp, ride on, gather firewood from, fish in and recreate throughout for 40,000 acres of cutover industrial timberlands up near Lolo...

I missed two cows in Unit 23 during the Muzzleloader season. First one was 153 yards and the second 103 yards. Both elk were unaware that I was anywhere in the country. I had all the time in the world to get in position, set up my backpack for a great rest and wait for a perfect shot. I...

My daughter (36) and I (63) hunted elk in Unit 22. I had a great bow season and was just tagging along. Right up to the end of bow season and one week before the Oct 25 opening two mature bulls, two (getting mature)other bulls and at least one raghorn occupied a canyon along with somewhere...

One observation and comment I made as I commented on the updated State Elk Management Plan was about tag fairness. As I look at the elk (and deer) trophy units, there are far more "any weapon" opportunities/tags issued than those specifically restricted to primitive weapons. I know,I...

Back on Oct 27th I posted on the subject of hunting in more than one Elk Zone. As follow-up to the conversation I wrote the Idaho Fish and Game and promised a follow-up on this forum...and here it is. I had written IDF&G asking what their specific management goals and objectives were for...

Diesel prices are killing my hunting! I hunt down in Central Idaho for archery elk every year not because the area is the best in the west but because it is central to my family, some of which come from Montana and Washington and from Southern Idaho. Being the grandfather of the bunch and...

I felt gut shot when I read in the Lewiston Morning Tribune that Gov Otter and Congressman Labrador plan to privatize our public lands and/or transfer them to the state. Congressman Labrador announced he is working on Federal legislation to sell our public lands off to make money. I personally...