Idaho White Tail Thread 2023

[Rob]

The rut has started at my place south of Sandpoint.  I have a dozen or so resident does on the place and today a small buck showed up.  He was scraping the ground, peeing on things and chasing my does pretty heavy.

[JakeLand]

First whitetail hunt in Idaho

[deerhunter_98520]

Just finished a week of hunting in unit 14 and the rut is on here. Bucks chasing does all over. Big boys wouldn't hold still most of the time  rattled in a couple of them. Seen a couple monsters chasing hard on private land 

[Shooter4]

First whitetail hunt in Idaho

Nice what unit?

[Machias]

Nice buck Jackland!!

Nice truckload deehunter_98520!!

Watched a big boy last night chasing a doe pretty hard.  Couple of minutes after shooting light.  They were silhouetted on the ridgeline about 500 yards away.  Very cool to watch!

[Shooter4]

Headed out sat-wed unit 1 anybody seeing rutty bucks up there? Good time frame?

[High Climber]

Headed out sat-wed unit 1 anybody seeing rutty bucks up there? Good time frame?

I saw 3 bucks this morning, one was with a doe the others were out cruising with swollen necks

[SpicyTacos]

Headed for 2nd Annual WT hunt. Stoked to be trying to rattle something in.  Wolf or cougar would be fine as well. Read up on 3Nails post from 2012 about WT rattling. Good info there.

Ahhh 2012
When the internet was safe to post a guys thoughts,
general location and ideas.

The times have changed and the internet is forever kids.

[JakeLand]

First whitetail hunt in Idaho

Nice what unit?

as I was invited to a friends camp I can’t tell where I hunted but it was a great time

[TeacherMan]

Well I'll probably take the cake for smallest whitetail buck. Solo hunt last weekend, never hunted Idaho before this year or shot a whitetail and this guy was teasing me at 300 yards. Decided to take the shot after only seeing does and fawns for multiple days. Had a great time, learned a lot and definitely will be back. My son laughed when I showed him the horns and asked why they were so small 

You did awesome 🤙🏻

We saw a monsters last night (160 class) but my daughter who still has a tag wasn’t with us. Passed up on 4 three to four point sized bucks this morning. Have the next week off. I’m hoping to get my 10 yr old on a piggy.

[bearhunter99]

Well I'll probably take the cake for smallest whitetail buck. Solo hunt last weekend, never hunted Idaho before this year or shot a whitetail and this guy was teasing me at 300 yards. Decided to take the shot after only seeing does and fawns for multiple days. Had a great time, learned a lot and definitely will be back. My son laughed when I showed him the horns and asked why they were so small 

You did awesome 🤙🏻

We saw a monsters last night (160 class) but my daughter who still has a tag wasn’t with us. Passed up on 4 three to four point sized bucks this morning. Have the next week off. I’m hoping to get my 10 yr old on a piggy.

TeacherMan - if you ever want to adopt an almost 50 year old man - let me know.   

[TeacherMan]

Well I'll probably take the cake for smallest whitetail buck. Solo hunt last weekend, never hunted Idaho before this year or shot a whitetail and this guy was teasing me at 300 yards. Decided to take the shot after only seeing does and fawns for multiple days. Had a great time, learned a lot and definitely will be back. My son laughed when I showed him the horns and asked why they were so small 

You did awesome 🤙🏻

We saw a monsters last night (160 class) but my daughter who still has a tag wasn’t with us. Passed up on 4 three to four point sized bucks this morning. Have the next week off. I’m hoping to get my 10 yr old on a piggy.

TeacherMan - if you ever want to adopt an almost 50 year old man - let me know.   

I’m telling you taking a very tiny 10 yr old hunting isn’t for the faint of heart. Had her on a nice 5x5 tonight at 40-100 yards with about a min of shot opportunity but it wouldn’t stop chasing the doe it was on. She couldn’t hold it in her scope long enough 😂 I just gave her a high five when it was over and said that’s the closest we’ve gotten yet lol… We were spinning her in circles it seemed like with her tripod shooting sticks. We saw 3 more mature bucks tonight counting that one.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Well I'll probably take the cake for smallest whitetail buck. Solo hunt last weekend, never hunted Idaho before this year or shot a whitetail and this guy was teasing me at 300 yards. Decided to take the shot after only seeing does and fawns for multiple days. Had a great time, learned a lot and definitely will be back. My son laughed when I showed him the horns and asked why they were so small 

You did awesome 🤙🏻

We saw a monsters last night (160 class) but my daughter who still has a tag wasn’t with us. Passed up on 4 three to four point sized bucks this morning. Have the next week off. I’m hoping to get my 10 yr old on a piggy.

TeacherMan - if you ever want to adopt an almost 50 year old man - let me know.   

I’m telling you taking a very tiny 10 yr old hunting isn’t for the faint of heart. Had her on a nice 5x5 tonight at 40-100 yards with about a min of shot opportunity but it wouldn’t stop chasing the doe it was on. She couldn’t hold it in her scope long enough 😂 I just gave her a high five when it was over and said that’s the closest we’ve gotten yet lol… We were spinning her in circles it seemed like with her tripod shooting sticks. We saw 3 more mature bucks tonight counting that one.

That’s what makes it fun, like bow hunting.

[TeacherMan]

Well I'll probably take the cake for smallest whitetail buck. Solo hunt last weekend, never hunted Idaho before this year or shot a whitetail and this guy was teasing me at 300 yards. Decided to take the shot after only seeing does and fawns for multiple days. Had a great time, learned a lot and definitely will be back. My son laughed when I showed him the horns and asked why they were so small 

You did awesome 🤙🏻

We saw a monsters last night (160 class) but my daughter who still has a tag wasn’t with us. Passed up on 4 three to four point sized bucks this morning. Have the next week off. I’m hoping to get my 10 yr old on a piggy.

TeacherMan - if you ever want to adopt an almost 50 year old man - let me know.   

I’m telling you taking a very tiny 10 yr old hunting isn’t for the faint of heart. Had her on a nice 5x5 tonight at 40-100 yards with about a min of shot opportunity but it wouldn’t stop chasing the doe it was on. She couldn’t hold it in her scope long enough 😂 I just gave her a high five when it was over and said that’s the closest we’ve gotten yet lol… We were spinning her in circles it seemed like with her tripod shooting sticks. We saw 3 more mature bucks tonight counting that one.

That’s what makes it fun, like bow hunting.

Exactly! I have all week off so we will find something. Even if it’s a smaller buck that’s just to perfect it’s the memories we are creating.

[elkhunter00]

Unit 6 for 4 days tomorrow