Blue Mtns. Foothills west.

[D-Rock425]

Cashed in 11 points on the blue mtns west tag this year.  Season start date kinda sucks starting on a Monday.  Is it better to go on the opener or wait until the 2nd week?

[jackelope]

Wait.

[Woodchuck]

 

[toyman2]

Hunt the whole thing, but hold out for later. ha that 2 years ago.

[Rainier10]

3 out of 3 mods say wait.

[Limhangerslayer]

14th on will be the magic 6 days, congrats on the tag

[HntnFsh]

Pulled the same tag. Hoping to harvest my first whitetail. Planning on some trips over this summer to look around. Will probably spend the last 7 days or so hunting it.

[D-Rock425]

Not sure how much time off I'll left for this hunt but I'll give it whatever I have left.   I also have Montana deer and elk tags to fill. 

[idahohuntr]

Watch the weather as your season gets close...if a significant cold front hits, I would use whatever flexibility you have to hunt if/when such a weather pattern develops.  While the rutting/movement picks up across the season, weather can be a very big factor.  Its usually still mild for most of that hunt, but every once in a while you get a couple days in the teens and you'll see an enormous increase in deer activity/visibility. 

[D-Rock425]

Thanks for information everyone.

[Wolfdog2314]

Had it three years ago. Activity was much more the last week.

[95powersmoker]

Don't worry about it. I'm going to kill your buck during the general season.

Just kidding. Congrats on pulling the tag.

[CNELK]

Had the tag last year and our group went 4 out of 4. You guys will have no problem finding bucks. From what we saw there is a large population smaller basket rack 3 and four points. But we did see some absolute giants mostly on private property. Just pray that you don't get fog because it can get really darn bad visibility over in that country. Take a week of vacation if you got it and lay off the trigger and enjoy the hunt! Good luck

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[Rainier10]

Had the tag last year and our group went 4 out of 4. You guys will have no problem finding bucks. From what we saw there is a large population smaller basket rack 3 and four points. But we did see some absolute giants mostly on private property. Just pray that you don't get fog because it can get really darn bad visibility over in that country. Take a week of vacation if you got it and lay off the trigger and enjoy the hunt! Good luck

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This post is spot on.

[Bigshooter]

Had the tag last year and our group went 4 out of 4. You guys will have no problem finding bucks. From what we saw there is a large population smaller basket rack 3 and four points. But we did see some absolute giants mostly on private property. Just pray that you don't get fog because it can get really darn bad visibility over in that country. Take a week of vacation if you got it and lay off the trigger and enjoy the hunt! Good luck

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