Caribou?

[supagoose]

Just cerious if anyone here has seen a caribou in Washington or Idaho. Ive spent some time in the back country and have never seen one. Ive seen grizzlies, a wolverine, wolves, goats, sheeps, cougers, and bigfoot  but no caribou. Ive talked with people Ive meet while back there and theyve never seen one either. I recently had a run in with the boarder patrol this last weekend and had a nice chat with them and the guys I was talking with have never seen one either while patroling the back country but they said they believe their are about 4 or 5 radio collard caribou raoming Washington and Idaho. Ive asked the forest service but they give me the usual "oh we see them all the time at the sulivan ranger station" 

[sled]

  I am curious too.  That would be cool if there are some in the state, but the wolves will probably get them.

[seth30]

I read somewhere that a herd of them travel  through the pan handle the corner of our state and canada in a big cirlce year round. 

[huntnnw]

the majority of them live right over the border..theres a drainage over there where they seem to stay around

[supagoose]

I'd just like to know if anyone has seen one. If theyre there someone has to run into one sooner or later.

[6x6in6]

Back somewhere around the early '80's, Dad me and my brother made the annual late summer pilgrimage because Mom wanted huckleberries.  Off to Flowery Trail and up near the 49 DN ski area we went.  Just short of the top, gated road on the north side of Flowery Trail into what I think was Vaagen Bro's timber land.  Hiked in with 30-30 in tow and some bear tags we went in search of Mom's huck's.   About 2-3 miles in walked around the corner on the road and standing in the road were 3 of them and about 6-7 more on the high side of the road in a 3-4 year old cut.  After the 3 jumped up into the cut, they just stood their as we walked by not giving 2 hoots about us.  Of course, no camera.  Another half mile and 5-6 gallons of hucks later, back to their house outside of Chewelah we went.
Right up there with one of the coolest things I've ever seen wildlife related.

[supagoose]

i didnt know they were on the westside of the river to i always thought they only stayed on the eastside of the river. then again washington didnt have wolves only idaho had wolves.  from talking to locals the westside of the river has grizzlies to.

[WA hunter14]

what river

[WAcoyotehunter]

I saw them this winter- up high-  right at the border with ID.

[supagoose]

what river

the pend oreille

[supagoose]

I saw them this winter- up high-  right at the border with ID.

those boarder patrol guys i talked with did say that the best way to find them was with an airplane in the winter

[ribka]

I saw 2 in 2006 NW of Bonners Ferry right next to the border.

[WAcoyotehunter]

I saw them this winter- up high-  right at the border with ID.

those boarder patrol guys i talked with did say that the best way to find them was with an airplane in the winter

yep- flying is the best way to count them.  They leave some of the only tracks way up in the high country.

[supagoose]

so they are there