Idaho Wilderness Area Mule Deer

[andrew_in_idaho]

Sawtooth is going to have a bad winter kill as well, pretty much any place in SW and S central Idaho is going to see large amounts of winterkill this winter


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[MtnMuley]

Sawtooth is going to have a bad winter kill as well, pretty much any place in SW and S central Idaho is going to see large amounts of winterkill this winter


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Sad but true. I think it's worse than many people are wanting to believe.

[brocka]

Just lurking.  Kind of looking at the same areas to hunt next season...  Been Google-earthing the ^&$% out of the Atlanta area...

You and thousands of other guys...

Haha. Pretty much. It's absolutely crazy how many CA and WA plates you see there.

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[ian_padron]

I hunted from all sorts of elevations from 7 to 11 thousand feet. Elk were definitely around a d so we're some deer. I'm not saying g you can t kill a deer there because you definitely can. I'm saying g I think there is some better deer areas in Idaho just my two cents. Good luck in which ever route you go

Thanks man I appreciate you chiming in.

[Magnum_Willys]

Idaho deer could be a real cr*pshoot this year I'm afraid.    They were just rebounding from wolves now smacked down with the Global Warming nasty winter.

[Karl Blanchard]

Just lurking.  Kind of looking at the same areas to hunt next season...  Been Google-earthing the ^&$% out of the Atlanta area...

You and thousands of other guys...

Haha. Pretty much. It's absolutely crazy how many CA and WA plates you see there.

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isn't it something crazy like more people hunt 39 and 43 than the whole state combined!?!   Boise out the back door doesn't help that

[TriggerMike]

Just lurking.  Kind of looking at the same areas to hunt next season...  Been Google-earthing the ^&$% out of the Atlanta area...

You and thousands of other guys...

Haha. Pretty much. It's absolutely crazy how many CA and WA plates you see there.

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isn't it something crazy like more people hunt 39 and 43 than the whole state combined!?!   Boise out the back door doesn't help that

But how many of those people get 2 or 3+ miles into the backcountry?

[Mr Mykiss]

98% of people don't get more than 400 yds off a road while hunting idaho...BLR makes up the other 2%. He gets 40,000 yards off'n the road

[Mr Mykiss]

Ian have you already checked out the multitude of threads about this very topic on OYOA, rokslide, here, and ifish??

[Harbor_hunter]

What's OYOA?

[jackelope]

What's OYOA?

www.onyourownadventures.com

[ian_padron]

Ian have you already checked out the multitude of threads about this very topic on OYOA, rokslide, here, and ifish??

I have done the bulk of my research on Rokslide, not part of the other forums though!

Most of what led me to the areas I'm looking at was encountered over on Rokslide on the mule deer thread. I know there are a couple HuntWA guys that know Idaho inside and out so I figured I'd drop a line here as well.

So far the feedback and advice has been AWESOME.

[Mr Mykiss]

Copy that. Idaho is awesome, next year maybe not so much but it will still be a good experience for you!!

[go4steelhd]

I guess I'm hunting in more popular areas. Why I say this I hiked in three hours In The dark opening day. No trails. There was several other guys that showed up in the same area. The next day was worse. I'm impressed how hard guys will work in Idaho to find a big buck. I also feel Idaho guys are the least friendly to nonresidents. Which is sad because I lived there for 10 years
If you are comparing pressure with Wyoming high country there is less In Idaho. But there is less deer as well.

[Mtnwalker]

Instead of focusing on getting away from other guys try focusing on areas that you know will hold deer, and learning how they react to pressure. The last couple years I've quit wasting half of my hunt hiking away from guys and instead am learning to use other hunters to my advantage, I feel I'm having better success and now I don't get all bummed out every time somebody else is in one of "my" spots.