Idaho whitetails

[Jimmy33]

...and elk for that matter


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[sheep97]

heading over to ID this weekend. I guess I will see a little of what you guys have been describing. I'll let you know what I think.

[huntnnw]

There is the costal brush of WA and OR and then there is Northern ID brush.  North ID puts costal brush to shame.

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  I always here westsiders tell me about under brush...well than you havent hunted up here..Ive hiked on the west side and nothing is like this alder,vine maple choked hillsides

[huntnnw]

since the family was unsucessful on the draws we are headed to northern Idaho for whitetail. I have always wanted to do this, and not drawing, this is the perfect time. I'm taking the boys and dad, should be fun. We are headed over to the Sandpoint area(Unit 1) for some scouting. If anyone has a general place(BLM, nat'l forest ,...) to start it would be much appreciated.

This looks like it will be it since they shut down the woods for fire danger. No elk hunting.

shut down the woods where you live or in ID?  its not closed here

[sheep97]

I live in nw OR. I'm surrounded by timber company. They shut down the woods July 27th, and unless we get some hvy rain I don't see it opening.

I grew up in western WA and retired from the USCG. during my enlistment I had the oportunity to hunt much of the west, from AK to AZ. Each area has its challenges. The alder and salmonberries of AK, the vine maple of WA, the reprod and berries on the Coast. I've hunted ID once and it has its challenges. I'm pretty sure elk there have 2 legs shorter than the other. EAch place is unique and you just have to find a way to adapt.

[sheep97]

It seems like rattling is the only choice there because of the thickness of the brush. I think that will be my main way of hunting that country. My plan is to go where we have seen the most sign and rattle. then run and gun in different areas. Whats your thoughts.
I need to do my homework. I've done a little rattling with sm success on blacktails.

[3nails]

 Personally I do nothing but rattling. I'm so addicted to it that I don't even want to see a deer apart from it. It'll work if you are persistent.

[sheep97]

Personally I do nothing but rattling. I'm so addicted to it that I don't even want to see a deer apart from it. It'll work if you are persistent.

any videos on rattling that you think are good? what is the best source of info? My biggest questin is how long to stick around during rattling. I'm always afraid of moving out just as a buck comes in. The blacktail I rattled in came in like a bullet. So to me, it seems like a run and gun kind of thing.

[idaho guy]

read the link to the thread that 3nails posted. We rattle all the time for whitetails in north Idaho and what he provided is the best information I have seen. Forget the videos and just read what is in the thread   

[grundy53]

read the link to the thread that 3nails posted. We rattle all the time for whitetails in north Idaho and what he provided is the best information I have seen. Forget the videos and just read what is in the thread

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,101693.0.html

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[LeviD1]

3nails. I read your thread but had some other questions if you didn't mind. Tried to pm you but your inbox is full.

Thanks

[3nails]

3nails. I read your thread but had some other questions if you didn't mind. Tried to pm you but your inbox is full.

Thanks

Don't mind at all! Should be room now.

[buglebrush]

There is the costal brush of WA and OR and then there is Northern ID brush.  North ID puts costal brush to shame.

Exactly.  I hunt here because I grew up here.  If I was starting fresh I would look further south.   

[MountainTracker]

read the link to the thread that 3nails posted. We rattle all the time for whitetails in north Idaho and what he provided is the best information I have seen. Forget the videos and just read what is in the thread

Yep this ^^^^

I hunt 10a, and after reading his thread I decided I wanted to take a deer rattling.  That year I took one of my better deer, using his tips.  It was possibly one of the coolest things I've seen hunting.  I will be doing it again this year.

[JLS]

3nails, your inbox is full again, so I'll post this here:


Why do you soak your antlers?  Is it to give better sound quality?  Can you coat them with linseed oil and achieve the same affect?
When do you use the buck roar tube?  I looked up some stuff on the Ezee Wheeze, is that the one you use initially?  I have a Primos Li'l Shotty, when would I use that call?  When in your sequence do you use the doe bleat?
Do you try to set up with a clearing or some other natural barrier on your downwind side?

Thanks!