>I spent my time at the
>U of I as well.
>Finished up with a Wildlife
>degree in 97.
>
>I had lots of luck finding
>permission around there. Knock on
>some doors and you should
>get it. Not sure
>where your are from, but
>if your are not a
>"local" country boy, I would
>not advertize it when talking
>to the land owners.. Just
>make sure you close the
>gates you open, and don't
>drive accross the fields even
>if you think you can.
>Just walk. help them
>out if you see cows
>or down fence. You will
>be able to hunt there
>any time you want to.
>You know the drill.
>
>I do not remember all the
>names of the places I
>used to hunt. However, the
>canyons out by Troy are
>good. Little Potlatch Creek out
>by Kendrick. There are
>elk in most all of
>that country that has any
>amount of timber or brushy
>draws in it.
>I picked up a whitetail shed
>antler off the UI expermental
>forest that was over 80
>inches... with some broken tips!!!
>That is a pretty dang
>big buck.
>
>Not much in the way of
>Mulies close by. There are
>some in the breaks of
>the Clearwater River. I don't
>hutn it anymore so I
>am not sure if it
>is a draw or not.
>
>
>I also did very good on
>bears hunting in the spring
>around there. Mostly up by
>Potlatch and out past Harvard.
>Turkey hunting is very good
>as well.
>
>good luck.
Thanks for the advice. I have heard that as long as you say your a student at the U and am looking to put some meat in the freezer most people will let you hunt on their land as long as you follow the unwritten rules like you've stated above. I think big game for me is not doable this year due to lack of money, but I am planning a trip for the weekend to head north of Troy to see if I can get into some bulls just for the hell of it. I'm packing light and planning to be out friday evening through sunday mid day... The weather has been cool lately and I'm hoping that the bulls are starting to talk.
I'd also like to get into some whitetails but honestly don't like the idea of hunting the open farm grounds, I'd like to get up into the timber and big canyons. I'm used to hunting the Glacier Peak Wilderness in my homestate of WA (I'm from Wenatchee) and can't get enough of the backcountry...
I'm heading back home on the 17th to do the high hunt with my brother and have a great area scouted... Not much can compare to chasing high country muleys!
And yep I have tanned a few hides, but it was more out of boyish curiousity and boredom than anything! lol I haven't done that for a year or 3 now.
I would love to plan a trip out to Dworshak! Though it seems like there's a ton of roads in that country, how far away from the resevoir should I concentrate scouting??? Thanks again guys, I'm sure looking forward to it!
Michael
"What I could do, I was doing, and that was simply putting my butt on the line for my country, the country that I loved, so that all the protestors and the academics and the liberal intelligentsia back home could enjoy the right to protest against people like me, the hated middleclass." --Gary R. Smith, US Special Forces
