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Title: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 30, 2022, 04:28:42 PM: Bucks are starting to cruise and chase does. Buck I killed had a swollen neck. Not many folks out yet. Very few elk camps left and very few people hunting white tail. I wonder if the PotlatchDeltic road closures scared people off :chuckle:.
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Post by: meatwhack on October 30, 2022, 04:39:17 PM: Did you kill a mature buck or a young one?
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Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 30, 2022, 04:55:36 PM: .
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on October 30, 2022, 04:58:01 PM: Nice buck, thanks for info. My dad and friends are headed out in the morning. Wish I could've made it but not in the cards this year
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Post by: meatwhack on October 30, 2022, 05:27:24 PM: Nice looks like a good time to start getting out.
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Post by: Jimmy33 on October 30, 2022, 05:35:43 PM: November 14th cant come soon enough…

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Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 30, 2022, 06:29:26 PM: As far as deer numbers go, I’ve been in 2 units 80% of the total days since the first week of May (I live in the woods from May-Mid October). Seeing a lot of white tail does with twins and a few triplets running around. Lots and lots of young bucks 3 points or less. Seen about a dozen bucks that in my opinion would be shoulder mount worthy.

I haven’t had the chance to spend many days in the blue tongue outbreak areas outside of small mouth fishing this summer or making Costco runs and overall haven’t seen many deer where the blue tongue hit the hardest. I was only up the Lochsa once this summer and don’t have a report on that. I know one farmer that found 19 buck deadheads on his property since last year.
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Post by: Machias on October 31, 2022, 01:13:21 PM: I have one decent young buck on camera, a 4x4, not very thick antlers, a doe with twins and a doe on her own. That is the five deer I have seen on my property the past 4 weeks. The buck is not showing any interest in the does as of yet. Numbers in my area are still down pretty significantly from 2 years ago. I've not seen any of the smaller bucks yet.
Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 07, 2022, 09:54:24 PM: Bucks are chasing and folks I know are having success rattling bucks in. Was darn near ran over by a buck chasing a doe across the road on my evening walk.

Headed a little bit north for the next few days this week and next week for work so we will see how the rut action is up there.
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Post by: johnnyaustin44 on November 07, 2022, 10:20:39 PM: Headed over the 15th. Should be primed up pretty good we’re hoping.
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Post by: elkboy on November 09, 2022, 10:46:17 AM: Went out yesterday. Saw total of five does, pretty active during daylight hours. I think the cold is getting them moving! Still hoping for some buck movement.
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Post by: Falcon on November 13, 2022, 11:35:03 AM: Nice heavy whitetail. Congrats :tup:
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on November 13, 2022, 07:30:01 PM: Not in northern Idaho but central today bucks were chasing pretty good

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Post by: TeacherMan on November 13, 2022, 07:48:02 PM: Went out today wood cutting and saw 5 whitetail doe and a mulely doe, mulely had a 2 pt on her trail nose down. Saw a nice 150 WT in back of someone’s truck. Yesterday we saw two nice 4 or 5s chasing but they were on private. The cold is definitely helping.
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Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 17, 2022, 08:34:07 PM: A lot of good bucks have been hitting the ground in the last 5 days. Bumped 3 rutting mature bucks this week while painting boundaries.
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Post by: Rutnbuxnbulls on November 18, 2022, 04:24:14 AM: Heading up to Unit 1 today for a weekend hunt. Trying to seal the deal on a solid buck. Sounds like they are on their feet cruising. Thanks guys for the reports.

Follow up: killed this buck. Quickest hunt ever for me and easiest drag. Good luck tag holders!!
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Post by: elkboy on November 22, 2022, 01:20:28 PM: Solid action today. Starting to see more mature bucks in addition to does and young bucks. Almost sealed the deal today. Back out tomorrow.
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Post by: Machias on November 22, 2022, 01:27:33 PM: I'm seeing the same thing, the big boys are chasing in my area now.
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Post by: boneaddict on November 22, 2022, 01:31:47 PM: I wish I had Thanksgiving off
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Post by: Ridgeratt on November 22, 2022, 01:34:27 PM: Bone do you remember when Modern firearm in Washington went from tomorrow until the 1st weekend in December?
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Post by: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 01:46:27 PM: My son and I sure had fun during our Panhandle hunt. i think we hunt a little farther north than most of you but here are a couple of pics. My sons buck was digging a scrape when he shot him and mine was definitely looking for does. Pretty cold this year…(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221122/0f7f52d407a0171709992291268ef3d1.jpg)

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Post by: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 01:46:54 PM: (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221122/5b8a1c27c30455942b44995872ec655c.jpg)

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Post by: boneaddict on November 22, 2022, 02:22:15 PM: Love the fresh rubs. Nice work :tup:
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM: I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days 🤞
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Post by: elkboy on November 22, 2022, 03:41:18 PM: Great deer, Jimmy33.

Karl, good luck to you! At least where I am hunting (Idaho Palouse region), it seems like the real action only just got going.
Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 03:44:44 PM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM
I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days
Chasing whitetail or mulies?

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Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: elkboy on November 22, 2022, 04:02:50 PM: Not to jack the thread... but thought you fellow whitetail aficionados would enjoy a few pics from my hunting time last couple days.
Pic #1: Typical view of a north Idaho whitetail- rare to get a complete deer in view... :chuckle:
Pic #2: A friendly bull elk dropped by one of my ground sits to say hello. I think I actually rattled him in.
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Post by: elkboy on November 22, 2022, 04:04:50 PM: Pic #3: A rare and elusive north Idaho black panther...
Pic #4: Interesting young buck- a "spike with eye guards". One of the several young deer I let get older.
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Post by: elkboy on November 22, 2022, 04:08:34 PM: Pic #5: A little 4x4 who I thought needed another year. My forestry mentor (the landowner) took a shot at him a day later... and missed clean. The Good Lord was looking out for this little guy.
Pic #6: A northern flying squirrel peeking out from a cavity in a living western redcedar with a heart rot column. The family on whose land I hunt keeps a good number of snags, defective trees, and down woody debris for critters like this, even while producing a good amount of timber. We also under-burn the ponderosa and Douglas-fir stands on the dry ridges to improve deer and elk habitat and reduce the prospects of large, severe fires.

That's all for now... good luck to all of you! And Happy Thanksgiving.
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 05:23:26 PM: Quote from: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM
I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days
Chasing whitetail or mulies?

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mulies but if the right whitetail presents itself....
Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: emac on November 22, 2022, 06:12:43 PM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 05:23:26 PM
Quote from: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM
I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days
Chasing whitetail or mulies?

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mulies but if the right whitetail presents itself....
Don't you think they are rats and useless

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Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 07:09:35 PM: Quote from: emac on November 22, 2022, 06:12:43 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 05:23:26 PM
Quote from: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM
I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days
Chasing whitetail or mulies?

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mulies but if the right whitetail presents itself....
Don't you think they are rats and useless

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That's why I'd shoot one so there's more room for a mule deer in this world :chuckle:
Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: elkboy on November 23, 2022, 05:47:29 PM: Today, I did not see the movement of the last couple days, but then again, I ended my day a bit early. I think the deer moved a lot during the snowstorm last night, as shown by an impressive amount of criss-crossing tracks across the landscape. I got into a tree stand in a cedar grove at 10:40 AM, and this nice 2.5 year old buck came by at 11:00 AM. He was cruising and neck stretching, testing the breeze for any scent of a doe. It was my last full day to hunt, so I went ahead and brought him home.
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Post by: Rutnbuxnbulls on November 23, 2022, 07:07:08 PM: Quote from: elkboy on November 23, 2022, 05:47:29 PM
Today, I did not see the movement of the last couple days, but then again, I ended my day a bit early. I think the deer moved a lot during the snowstorm last night, as shown by an impressive amount of criss-crossing tracks across the landscape. I got into a tree stand in a cedar grove at 10:40 AM, and this nice 2.5 year old buck came by at 11:00 AM. He was cruising and neck stretching, testing the breeze for any scent of a doe. It was my last full day to hunt, so I went ahead and brought him home.

Nice job! Looks like he was eating! LOL
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Post by: elkboy on November 23, 2022, 07:12:56 PM: Thanks Rutnbuxnbulls!

Haha! Indeed. I put that sprig of Douglas-fir in his mouth- old European hunting tradition of "The Last Bite" to honor the animal.
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Post by: emac on November 23, 2022, 08:11:26 PM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: emac on November 22, 2022, 06:12:43 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 05:23:26 PM
Quote from: Jimmy33 on November 22, 2022, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 22, 2022, 02:27:33 PM
I'll be up in NW Montana over Thanksgiving. Hope they are dogging hard for a few more days
Chasing whitetail or mulies?

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mulies but if the right whitetail presents itself....
Don't you think they are rats and useless

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That's why I'd shoot one so there's more room for a mule deer in this world :chuckle:

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Title: Re: Northern Idaho White Tail Report
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 23, 2022, 08:32:50 PM: Quote from: elkboy on November 23, 2022, 05:47:29 PM
Today, I did not see the movement of the last couple days, but then again, I ended my day a bit early. I think the deer moved a lot during the snowstorm last night, as shown by an impressive amount of criss-crossing tracks across the landscape. I got into a tree stand in a cedar grove at 10:40 AM, and this nice 2.5 year old buck came by at 11:00 AM. He was cruising and neck stretching, testing the breeze for any scent of a doe. It was my last full day to hunt, so I went ahead and brought him home.

Awesome buck elkboy!
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Post by: Mossy on November 23, 2022, 09:46:11 PM: Quote from: elkboy on November 23, 2022, 05:47:29 PM
Today, I did not see the movement of the last couple days, but then again, I ended my day a bit early. I think the deer moved a lot during the snowstorm last night, as shown by an impressive amount of criss-crossing tracks across the landscape. I got into a tree stand in a cedar grove at 10:40 AM, and this nice 2.5 year old buck came by at 11:00 AM. He was cruising and neck stretching, testing the breeze for any scent of a doe. It was my last full day to hunt, so I went ahead and brought him home.

Well done Mark!
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Post by: watrapper on November 23, 2022, 10:40:41 PM: Good job! I like the tradition of the last meal!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 23, 2022, 11:28:32 PM: Great buck elkboy!! Congrats!