Idaho draw

[Brushbuster]

ID was good to me:
I drew either sex muzzleloader Antelope in 63-2A. Season 8/15-9/18. I'll be huntin in a month & 1/2. Time to get my new Knight sighted in.

Good luck to all that drew.   

[GoPlayOutside]

WOOOO HOOOO!   Bull Elk 66a (whole group)

[trophyhunt]

WOOOO HOOOO!   Bull Elk 66a (whole group)

was it the early season or the later one? Congrats. Have you hunted down there for elk before? We hunted deer just south of there years ago and saw some great looking country. Good luck with your tags.

[nwhunter]

My 0-fer is stil intact for Idaho! 15 years of applying for tags( tough odds) and nothing to show for it and I am supposedly in the resident pool since I have a lifetime hunting license I bought before I moved back to Wa. Maybe next year. Congrats to those who drew. nwhunter

[trophyhunt]

My 0-fer is stil intact for Idaho! 15 years of applying for tags( tough odds) and nothing to show for it and I am supposedly in the resident pool since I have a lifetime hunting license I bought before I moved back to Wa. Maybe next year. Congrats to those who drew. nwhunter

I can't believe you haven't drawn being in the resident pool??? My cousins draw almost every time they put in and they are residents, last year they had unit 11 elk and youth deer, year before that he had 11 deer, two years before that he had 18 elk and before that year he had 11 deer again. I assumed they drew residents all the time. You must have used up most your luck on drawing a great tag two years in a row here in WA. I drew the second year I put in for 18 elk so I thought it was gonna be easy, no dice, nothing since. At least you'll be in a great place come this elk season on the east side!!! If I can help with packn elk out let me know.

[HUNT]

Nwhunter-  I know how you feel.  I have a lifetime license also.  My son drew the 37 antelope tag on his first year applying this year and was the only nonresident drawn.  I applied for that tag for 15 years and never drew it.  You still have to get lucky!

[whuppinstick]

HUNT,
Didn't your son get the Entiat buck tag, too?  Man, must be nice to draw all the good tags.

 

[HUNT]

HUNT,
Didn't your son get the Entiat buck tag, too?  Man, must be nice to draw all the good tags.

 

Different son.  They are definitely the lucky ones this year.   You drew my tags this year.   

[GoPlayOutside]

Trophyhunt,
it's a late tag...Oct. 15th, still good.  Wish I had the Early tag, however the Non-Resident tag % is horrible.  We deer hunt this same area.  You have any advice for elk in the area?  We hunt on a Motorized Vehicle Restriction area.  Good Elk/Moose area.

[trophyhunt]

Trophyhunt,
it's a late tag...Oct. 15th, still good.  Wish I had the Early tag, however the Non-Resident tag % is horrible.  We deer hunt this same area.  You have any advice for elk in the area?  We hunt on a Motorized Vehicle Restriction area.  Good Elk/Moose area.

I really have no advise for that area, wish I did. We hunted more south by montpelier for deer a few years ago when the tag was still good.  Didn't see any elk down that way, but there was way too much poaching going on and we never went back. I did like the looks of the area you will be going to though, best of luck to you and please let me know how it goes.

[idahohuntr]

Sweet...Unit 11 early bull tag for me and 2 buddies!!! Second time i've drawn this tag in 4 years...the 2 previous years I drew unit 13.

[MichaelJ]

Sweet...Unit 11 early bull tag for me and 2 buddies!!! Second time i've drawn this tag in 4 years...the 2 previous years I drew unit 13.

Nice work.  How did you do the last time you hunted 11?

Mike

[meatwhack]

Have any of you guys ever drawn the early deer tag for the Idaho Panhandle?

[idahohuntr]

I got about a 280 6x6 on the 2nd morning...its a good hunt...but its not a gimme that's for sure.  I saw you mentioned you had drawn it before...what did you think of it?

[MichaelJ]

I got about a 280 6x6 on the 2nd morning...its a good hunt...but its not a gimme that's for sure.  I saw you mentioned you had drawn it before...what did you think of it?

I drew the 2nd season rifle tag in 2009 and it was extremely tough finding a mature bull.  I scouted 10 days in september to see what kind of potential there was and found 10 bulls over 300, and 2 bulls that I thought would go 340"+.  This was in the middle of the rut and they were screaming!  I was pumped...
Showed up 3 days before my opening day and scouted my ass off.  Found over 300 elk with the biggest being a rag 3x4.  Opening morning we found a nice 5x5 in a canyon by himself and I killed him.  If I could have it back I would've passed on him because that was the first year that they upped the tags in the unit and the big bulls while tough to find, were still more plentiful then they are now.  That first tag I would hunt again but wouldn't waste my time on the second season tag.  Better OTC opportunities imho...

Mike