Idaho White Tail Thread 2023

[johnbmyersii]

Whitetails, Steven sent me your number yesterday I'll give you a shout tonight and let you know where I'm setting up camp and the areas I'm going to hunt.

[Machias]

Watched a solid 5X5 yesterday for about an hour at 501 yards.  He was out in daylight and no cover anywhere around him for 100+ yards.  He was hanging out with 4 does and 3 yearlings.  Showed no interest in the does, just feeding near them.

[JakeLand]

Watched a solid 5X5 yesterday for about an hour at 501 yards.  He was out in daylight and no cover anywhere around him for 100+ yards.  He was hanging out with 4 does and 3 yearlings.  Showed no interest in the does, just feeding near them.

tie him up for me Fred !!! How’s the moose tasting ?

[fowl smacker]

I'll be there the 11th-17th.  Hoping I can match or beat my buck from 2 yrs ago.

[kellama2001]

I'm heading over this weekend. The unit I'm hunting only runs through the 9th so I'm hoping to get lucky. I'm going to try some of 3nails rattling techniques

[leonpeon2]

I’m headed over next Wednesday. November 8 through the 18th we are hunting unit one. Never been that far north in Idaho so this will be a new one for us. We didn’t draw southern Idaho like we normally do so we are starting a new thing up north.

[Machias]

Watched a solid 5X5 yesterday for about an hour at 501 yards.  He was out in daylight and no cover anywhere around him for 100+ yards.  He was hanging out with 4 does and 3 yearlings.  Showed no interest in the does, just feeding near them.

tie him up for me Fred !!! How’s the moose tasting ?

Yummy!!!!    Got a huge bull moose on camera yesterday.  Going to try and introduce him and my wife this weekend! 

The big 5x5 I watched the other day was back out there in the pasture last night with the same 7 does, then 6 more came into the field much closer, but he did not come down and visit with them.  He did half heartedly chase a doe for a half a minute last night.

[elkboy]

I was out doing a private sector forest inventory job today (11/01/23) in Latah Co.  Lots of very fresh scrapes. I think the pre-rut is well along. Good luck to you all with Idaho WT tags!

(Also found a moose paddle)
(Fixed the appearance of excessively steep terrain!  It was ironically the flattest spot in the whole property!) 

[Rob]

 very cool find!

I hope to go out after work a few days after we get closer to the rut.  I saw a decent buck hanging with a couple does yesterday - he had no amorous actions while I watched him.  I have a dozen does hanging at my place and no bucks have come in to check them out that I have seen.

The next week is all rain, and the long range forecast shows chance of snow on the 11th...  that would be perfect!

[trapperguy22]

Heading to unit 11 Nov. 13th through the 20th. Taking the wolf trapping class in Lewiston on the 18th hunting the rest of the time. good luck to everyone.

[Big P]

I’m heading to Idaho on Saturday for white tails. I was hoping for colder weather but I will take what I can get. Any updates on rut activity?

[TeacherMan]

I’ll give a pretty good update 🤙🏻 We went out last night for a quick hunt with my daughter after school and between 3:15 and dark we saw around 20 deer and 5 buck! Three chasing heavy, one of which will get his own thread later today 😎 I’ve been deer hunting 34 years and she beat me 😂 Got a gorgeous crazy wide, 25.25” spread, 5x6 whitetail last night, oh did I mention, DOUBLE DROP TINES. By the time we got it loaded up at the truck it was DARK, DARK and both our phones were in it for pics so we are headed out this morning to snap a couple shots. We will bring her little sis too in case we see one of the others; 3 of the 5 were shooters. This puts our group at 4 buck taken in the last week. Two 4x4 WT, one 3x3 mulely and this guy. The HEAVY 4x4 my buddies wife got was tailing 6 doe on Sunday.

[fowl smacker]

I’ll give a pretty good update 🤙🏻 We went out last night for a quick hunt with my daughter after school and between 3:15 and dark we saw around 20 deer and 5 buck! Three chasing heavy, one of which will get his own thread later today 😎 I’ve been deer hunting 34 years and she beat me 😂 Got a gorgeous crazy wide, 25.25” spread, 5x6 whitetail last night, oh did I mention, DOUBLE DROP TINES. By the time we got it loaded up at the truck it was DARK, DARK and both our phones were in it for pics so we are headed out this morning to snap a couple shots. We will bring her little sis too in case we see one of the others; 3 of the 5 were shooters. This puts our group at 4 buck taken in the last week. Two 4x4 WT, one 3x3 mulely and this guy. The HEAVY 4x4 my buddies wife got was tailing 6 doe on Sunday.

Congratulations to her, and awesome news.  I'll be there Saturday morning, hoping to catch a bruiser moving in my area!  Well done!

[Antlershed]

We’ll be there the 17th thru 26th.

[High Climber]

I’ll give a pretty good update 🤙🏻 We went out last night for a quick hunt with my daughter after school and between 3:15 and dark we saw around 20 deer and 5 buck! Three chasing heavy, one of which will get his own thread later today 😎 I’ve been deer hunting 34 years and she beat me 😂 Got a gorgeous crazy wide, 25.25” spread, 5x6 whitetail last night, oh did I mention, DOUBLE DROP TINES. By the time we got it loaded up at the truck it was DARK, DARK and both our phones were in it for pics so we are headed out this morning to snap a couple shots. We will bring her little sis too in case we see one of the others; 3 of the 5 were shooters. This puts our group at 4 buck taken in the last week. Two 4x4 WT, one 3x3 mulely and this guy. The HEAVY 4x4 my buddies wife got was tailing 6 doe on Sunday.

That’s an awesome report and great evening hunt!! Congrats to your daughter (and you!) I kept my oldest daughter out of school today we are headed out here in a few looking for her first deer… after we get little sister on the school bus.