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Buddy is at 38,000. What a joke. Just do all NR as a draw. What’s the difference anyway. At least with a draw you don’t force a guy to take off work to get randomly placed in a “waiting room” that has over 30k already. Problem now is folks that get in early don’t see their precious tag so they...

I saw the same thing on the bull I took last Wednesday. I think I’ve seen it before, but don’t recall what it is. Curious if nobody has an answer. Possibly a tear duct opening up after dying or some thing like that???

sent you a PM too.

Whoa, hey Drs, this is a really old string you resurrected! I just noticed! But thanks anyway, always good to remember old hunts and buddies I haven’t hunted with for a very long time. Good times ?

Killed my very first elk in 113 almost 25 years ago. Feels like an eternity. Had a cow tag at the time and a college buddy an I hunted our arses off for days. Saw one elk and I killed it. Perseverance and blind luck is what that took. Good thing back then we were too stupid to quit…still thought...

Sorry for dbl pics, gobbl’n like crazy… was almost too easy?

Yup

Unit 22 during elk season, pack of 7 tracks located around Calamity Meadows and one gigantic single track going over the top towards Cow creek/Rush Creek. Had fresh snow, so pretty obvious. Go get’em, ain’t hardly any elk left up there and they can’t be helping. Good luck!

Losses on Unit 8 appear significant as well. I’m seeing far less deer now than early summer. I’m in the Viola area. Know of at least a dozen dead on south side of Moscow Mt. Kamiak Butte just across border on Palouse lost a lot too, so I assume it’s quite wide spread in 8 and probably 8a too...

HI All, I have very good hunting partner that has been diagnosed with ALS and he would like to plan a hunt for next season for mule deer in Wyoming. We've been planning a group Muley hunt for years and he should have about 12 or 13pp, sadly, no more time for him to build points. With the unknown...

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing the pics... gotta love a good dog at work!

Great Bull, Congrats to you and your wife!

I see the only benefit is to give the people that actually applied for the tag a second crack at it. But remember how they used to do it... Wasn't it just a free for all first come first served sale of leftover tags? Complaints from that resulted in the second draw, then followed by open sale...

Sorry, I know... differnt place different time... but I'm one of those dads that has taken my daughter out hunting and killed does. I sure as heck DO hope it helps make her into a life long hunter. I understand some guys don't do things the right way, but some of us do. And IFF the deer herd can...

What Arrow said! The early archery in there is nice as the elk will not have been pushed to the end of the earth. You've already been up into some good areas that are worth some time. Elk in both areas, just need to find them. The road systems up there will dictate where you hunt, unless you...

Eppi, yes, do go to the F&G web site. There really is a lot of information there for you. Including harvest stats for all those Panhandle units. Not sure that area you are looking at will hold a lot of elk, but if you have fam in the area it might still be worth it. For next year... Hells is...

PNWbuck... I see you also made it to the bottom of that link... One thing got my attention maybe you too... the very last line... What the hell is a Nursing Home Fishing Permit for??? LOL :-) F&G making money anyplace they can i guess.

JBloom, thanks for the link... interesting. Not a fan of points in any shape, form or fashion. If you increase the opportunity for one guy you reduce the opportunity for someone else. I do favor waiting periods like is in place now... and would be in favor of extending the wait. Yes, that is...

you gotta find 2 poles and make a drag system and pull that sucka outta there as fast as you can! :-) sorry, couldn't resist! As in most scenarios, common sense prevails...be mindful of the weather... know what temps are coming sometimes up in the mountains it's not even a problem in Sept. But...

I'm almost 50 now and certainly feel things the next morning even now. At 65 I can only hope my knees are still with me. Biggest thing I'd suggest... if you are planning a long hunt pace yourself. Don?t go out on day 1 looking for a grand slam... if you kill yourself right outta gate it will...

Tying two poles together and drag it out??? Now that's seriously funny chit right there, I don't care who you are:-) Only reason you'd do that with a person is cause you can't cut him up into itty bitty pieces to carry him out! Tsnow?s Got it right... listen to him. I'd recommend hunting with a...

IDHunter... Unit 18 elk, it does happen... But yeah, none of them have over 1K tags to play with, I get it. But there is always going circumstances like Smoke ran into... life happens to sometimes get in the way of our hobbies... Perhaps unlimited draw and allow second choice on it. then you can...

GSJ, +1! I think you might be right!

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-19 AT 02:19PM (MST)[p]A) You've already lost opportunity. Remember it's limited quota masquerading as a general hunt. B) Fish and Game can add/delete tag numbers with the swipe of a pen as it is. C) People gonna complain no matter what... already some pretty average...

I still don't understand the reasoning to create a race for a limited amount of tags when we have a complete system already in place to fairly distribute these tags through a random drawing. Maybe I'm just being dense, but what is the problem with more LE units in the drawing system? If you...

OldHorn, 100% agree... Unit 22 same thing. Over the past 3 years they've significantly cut the elk herd with essentially unlimited cow hunts. I think i recall somewhere they are cutting the herd by nearly 50%. All to appease the farmers that complain. Making what was once a pretty dang good...

Found another write up with a bit more info on this: https://www.postregister.com/farmandranch/crops/idaho-farmer-s-elk-damage-claim-exceeds-million/article_a6502657-167b-5ab9-837a-e20b72a7e523.html Butts, yeah, F&G seem to always be reactive on issues like this. But they have been working for...

Did anybody else see this: https://www.gohunt.com/read/news/idaho-farmer-payout-for-elk-damage-exceeds-1-million#gs.fwfz37 I'm not anti farming or anything like that, I like to eat food too... But that seems pretty excessive. It's a really good example of what fish and game is up against...

hunted 73 in 2016. Had a good time. Plenty of animals to look over and lots of cookie cutter bucks in the 12-13 inch range. It was difficult to find anything much bigger but if you put some time in you likely will. Probably a lot like most of Wyoming... I'd say between the 4 of us hunting we saw...

FullCry... hah, not a kid by a long shot but I can do an internet search pretty easily. Like i mentioned, don't know anything about that outfitter, but seems others here do... Probably, sound advice. sounds like a long shot for a speckeled in ID. Might make it more of a trophy for you with the...

LAST EDITED ON Jan-16-19 AT 03:38PM (MST)[p]Got me thinking, so had to look it up. Yes, I found an old link on Idaho F&G site that there was a moratorium on guiding for waterfowl on public lands. here's the link with a good explanation regarding private land guiding opportunities, albeit dated a...

This seems like it's mostly a Sawtooth unit issue. How many of the other capped zones sell out in minutes? Maybe Beaverhead?? Looks like of the 14 capped zones 6 of those didn't even sell out. Weiser zone has something like 4K tags allotted... it took months for those to sell out. to be honest...

Hey MTA, looked like your wife didn't need to lower her standards too much! Assuming your post on the elk forum was what she held out for... very nice. We filled 4 bull tags there this year too. Couple decent 6's, a smaller 6 and a 5pt. No giants though. When the pressure went down the elk...

You bet they eat Kokanee...Guys up there like to troll "flies" that really look a lot like an over grown bucktail. They often fish them a lot like salmon on the coast with flashers/dodgers on down riggers. if it's cold they'll fish up higher and use planer boards. Here's a good article for...

Yes, they are still catching large Rainbows up there. But the fishery has been up and down in the recent years. Worries of low kokanee numbers (primary food for big rainbows) is always a concern. First predation from Lake Trout, and now from a growing population of walleye in the lake have...

I'm in the Moscow area and there seems to be a really good crop this year...Berries everywhere in my "lucky" spot and big too. We've actually had a really good early summer up here with June being nice, cooler temps and some rain even. Much better than recent years...Still pretty green too and...

Cheater, go and have fun! There should be plenty of goats to look at, and they really are pretty cool animals if you've never been around them before. I've been to WY for speed goats 2 times. First time i was on my own and scouted the day before opener and killed an average goat on the first...

8A certainly has more forest service land to hunt on and whitetails are spread throughout. There is plenty of private timber company property in both units. The two most prominent companies are Bennett Lumber and Potlatch. I believe both require access permission now. Don't think Bennett has a...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-03-18 AT 11:51AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Jul-03-18 AT 11:50?AM (MST) What Callsalot said is right, kinda, for some units... but Idaho elk units are micro-managed to the point that you really have to pay attention to each hunting unit as they may differ greatly from one unit to...