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Hello All. I've been reading posts and viewing pictures on monster muleys.com for a few months now and I have finally decided to join and post a few questions.
I guess I will start out by giving a little background. I've always wanted to hunt since i was a young kid. I remember begging my dad to take me hunting and I can still remember when he finally gave in and let me take hunters education its almost like he did it so i would stop bugging him. He shares a few stories when he was younger about hunting but I still to this day dont know why he would not take me? I finally got my license to hunt and begged him to take me hunting and he finally gave in. I was around 14 at the time and all i remember is hiking up near redfish lake and did not see anything. I'm not even sure i knew what it was i was supose to shoot at whether it be antlered or not all I knew was i was going hunting. Anyhow over the last several years I have purchased tags to hunt but never gotten anything.
last year I finally met a friend who has hunted before and he took me to a few spots where he has shot deer before and also elk. We did not see anything but Elk the 4 times we went out looking for deer. I finally decided that if I was going to get a deer I mind as well save my money and get an outfitter to help me hunt. The wife was not too excited about that idea so it hasnt happened. I did know that there were Elk in the area we were deer hunting so i decided to buy an open rifle tag for that area. We were hiking into the area the day before elk season opend for that area and it was the last day of deer season. I finally saw a little 2 point buck jump out in front of me, so i shot him. I was pretty excited because it was a buck and i had finally shot my first deer. At age 28 I had finally shot my first buck. My wife makes fun of me because the rack is something you would see mounted to a jack rabbit in a truck stop with the name jackalope under it. they are pretty tiny. Anyhow I continued to hunt the next 3 days looking for an Elk and on the 3rd day I finally saw a spike sittin with some cows on a hill side. I backtracked and went back around the hill he was on and stalked up to him until i was about 50yds from him and I was able to fill my Elk tag. I was totally excited last year knowing that I had finally hunted someting.
Well that was 2003 and now 2004 is here and I have yet to find a deer again. Ive been pretty depressed because my friend who i hunted with moved to nevada. I've been up to the mountains 4 times this season looking for anything with antlers and so far all I've seen Is some Elk. I'm starting to get depressed thinking that I prob wont get a deer this year.
I've been hunting in Unit 39 and from all the hunters i've seen i'm starting to think that everyone in idaho is hunting this unit too. I have talked to several hunters when i see them around town but no one wants to talk much about where they are hunting because its like a big secret. I can understand them not wanting to give away a super good spot but all i want is to find a decent deer, Would love to find a trophy but i understand that will come with time and experience.
I dont know if this is appropriate or not but I would appriciate any suggestions or feedback from anywone who knows idaho and wouldnt mind sharing some insite with me on deer hunting. I've read alot of articles and the only thing i can think of is I'm just not looking in the right places.
I'm not looking to tag along with someone elses hunting party being annoying or anything like that but I would love to talk with any of you who have experience and dont mind sharing it with me, All my friends growing up had their fathers to help them hunt and be a mentor to them but I never have had anything like that so any help would greatly be appriciated.
I guess I will start out by giving a little background. I've always wanted to hunt since i was a young kid. I remember begging my dad to take me hunting and I can still remember when he finally gave in and let me take hunters education its almost like he did it so i would stop bugging him. He shares a few stories when he was younger about hunting but I still to this day dont know why he would not take me? I finally got my license to hunt and begged him to take me hunting and he finally gave in. I was around 14 at the time and all i remember is hiking up near redfish lake and did not see anything. I'm not even sure i knew what it was i was supose to shoot at whether it be antlered or not all I knew was i was going hunting. Anyhow over the last several years I have purchased tags to hunt but never gotten anything.
last year I finally met a friend who has hunted before and he took me to a few spots where he has shot deer before and also elk. We did not see anything but Elk the 4 times we went out looking for deer. I finally decided that if I was going to get a deer I mind as well save my money and get an outfitter to help me hunt. The wife was not too excited about that idea so it hasnt happened. I did know that there were Elk in the area we were deer hunting so i decided to buy an open rifle tag for that area. We were hiking into the area the day before elk season opend for that area and it was the last day of deer season. I finally saw a little 2 point buck jump out in front of me, so i shot him. I was pretty excited because it was a buck and i had finally shot my first deer. At age 28 I had finally shot my first buck. My wife makes fun of me because the rack is something you would see mounted to a jack rabbit in a truck stop with the name jackalope under it. they are pretty tiny. Anyhow I continued to hunt the next 3 days looking for an Elk and on the 3rd day I finally saw a spike sittin with some cows on a hill side. I backtracked and went back around the hill he was on and stalked up to him until i was about 50yds from him and I was able to fill my Elk tag. I was totally excited last year knowing that I had finally hunted someting.
Well that was 2003 and now 2004 is here and I have yet to find a deer again. Ive been pretty depressed because my friend who i hunted with moved to nevada. I've been up to the mountains 4 times this season looking for anything with antlers and so far all I've seen Is some Elk. I'm starting to get depressed thinking that I prob wont get a deer this year.
I've been hunting in Unit 39 and from all the hunters i've seen i'm starting to think that everyone in idaho is hunting this unit too. I have talked to several hunters when i see them around town but no one wants to talk much about where they are hunting because its like a big secret. I can understand them not wanting to give away a super good spot but all i want is to find a decent deer, Would love to find a trophy but i understand that will come with time and experience.
I dont know if this is appropriate or not but I would appriciate any suggestions or feedback from anywone who knows idaho and wouldnt mind sharing some insite with me on deer hunting. I've read alot of articles and the only thing i can think of is I'm just not looking in the right places.
I'm not looking to tag along with someone elses hunting party being annoying or anything like that but I would love to talk with any of you who have experience and dont mind sharing it with me, All my friends growing up had their fathers to help them hunt and be a mentor to them but I never have had anything like that so any help would greatly be appriciated.