Post by: 3nails on November 03, 2022, 07:03:26 AM
Post by: elkboy on November 03, 2022, 08:08:50 AM
Good luck, 3Nails!
Post by: redi on November 03, 2022, 09:33:29 AM
Post by: highside74 on November 03, 2022, 10:33:24 AM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 03, 2022, 10:43:06 AM
Post by: idahohuntr on November 03, 2022, 11:59:12 AM
Post by: fowl smacker on November 03, 2022, 12:02:32 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 03, 2022, 04:05:50 PM
I was out there this morning and gotta go back up on the hill again. Saw 50 deer. 37 of those were below the snow. Snows moving the does and fawns down. About 6” on top of grangemont. Watch for black ice!!!
22 more this afternoon. Most in a day I've seen this year since the spring.
These numbers aren’t counting the deer in people’s yards either.
Post by: Machias on November 04, 2022, 01:53:32 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 04, 2022, 03:45:39 PM
Post by: outdooraddict on November 04, 2022, 04:14:58 PM
Post by: elkboy on November 04, 2022, 04:51:37 PM
too early to rattle, in case my mule deer plans next week get snowed out, i may be whitetail hunting. will rattling still be worthy? or is it too early
3Nails should weigh in- he has a lot of rattling experience with whitetails. I've rattled in 5 good Idaho bucks, and those were all concentrated towards the end of November. I've rattled from the very beginning of November, but I've shifted towards more sitting and waiting, at least in early November.
Good luck to you.
Post by: duckboy23 on November 04, 2022, 08:37:50 PM
Post by: C-Money on November 05, 2022, 05:55:07 AM
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 05, 2022, 08:17:04 AM
Post by: MeepDog on November 05, 2022, 08:46:08 AM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on November 05, 2022, 09:54:03 AM
I've never hunted Idaho, but isn't there tons of units where you can take a whitetail doe with a rifle?
I wouldn’t encourage shooting does with the game populations over there right now. Fish and game should have put an end to that long ago.
Post by: meatwhack on November 05, 2022, 10:00:14 AM
Post by: 3nails on November 05, 2022, 10:08:19 AM
too early to rattle, in case my mule deer plans next week get snowed out, i may be whitetail hunting. will rattling still be worthy? or is it too earlyWe are in prime time rattling from now on.
Post by: bornhunter on November 09, 2022, 02:41:08 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on November 09, 2022, 04:34:19 PM
Shaping up to be perfect timing.... :tup:
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 09, 2022, 05:45:26 PM
Hunted yesterday and had deer all over the place. Started snowing early a.m. today and the deer just shut down. Over 3000 ft lots of snow. Got about 3 more inches today. Going to get cold tomorrow so things should start looking up. No responses to rattnig yet. Good luck everyone.
There’s been locals rattling in bucks for the last week.
I’ve been working in thick stuff for the last few weeks and the deer are hanging out in the mature timber and in the SMZ’s around clear cuts when the weather is crap.
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on November 09, 2022, 07:01:14 PM
too early to rattle, in case my mule deer plans next week get snowed out, i may be whitetail hunting. will rattling still be worthy? or is it too earlyWe are in prime time rattling from now on.
I have a couple whitetail bucks sparring in earnest out front after dark. I heard them first and then put a light on them from my deck to watch the battle. There were two other small guys checking them out too.
Post by: bornhunter on November 09, 2022, 08:10:05 PM
Post by: bornhunter on November 09, 2022, 08:37:06 PM
Be over next week a little north of you.
Shaping up to be perfect timing.... :tup:
Good luck to you.
Post by: bornhunter on November 11, 2022, 05:33:26 AM
Post by: ljsommer on November 20, 2022, 10:03:52 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 21, 2022, 12:33:14 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on November 21, 2022, 02:50:05 PM
Post by: Mtnwalker on November 21, 2022, 03:25:36 PM
Spent a week (14th - 20th) in Elk River with a guide, and out of the 6 hunters present, we dropped one buck and he was tiny. Sunup to sundown trying different locations and elevations and it was a total bust. I didn't see that coming.
That's rough. Definitely not what you hope for on a guided trip.
Post by: 3nails on November 22, 2022, 11:03:45 AM
Post by: 3nails on November 22, 2022, 11:17:59 AM
Post by: 3nails on November 22, 2022, 11:18:52 AM
Post by: highside74 on November 22, 2022, 11:34:13 AM
Post by: boneaddict on November 22, 2022, 01:05:47 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 22, 2022, 03:32:28 PM
I saw more Washington and Oregon folks out the last 10 days than I saw locals. Pierce area.
Post by: 3nails on November 22, 2022, 04:23:47 PM
Congrats 3 nails. I was curious what you were going to come home with. What did you think of numbers of deer?One thing I forgot to mention was the amount of logging that has occurred over the last 2 years since I've been there. I was in disbelief. Not much sign in the cuts since they were so new. Any timber that you could find was loaded with sign. The numbers still appear low to me but I'd expect them to rebound nicely after good regrowth happens.
Post by: 3nails on November 22, 2022, 04:29:03 PM
Awesome buck 3nails!I didn't see a single wolf track around there this year. That was good.
I saw more Washington and Oregon folks out the last 10 days than I saw locals. Pierce area.
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 23, 2022, 03:58:02 PM
Pretty odd year in 10A for me. There were more hunters than I can remember since the 90s. Seemed like there were camps at every pull off and the weird part was that the vast majority had Idaho plates. Almost no out of staters. Snow was terribly crunchy so I decided to shoot the first buck I rattled in and head home.
I agree with the hunter numbers. I was in a new unit but not very far from where I usually hunt and we wouldn't hardly see anyone this time of the year just a handful of locals. Not this year we seen Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and a couple plates I couldn't make out but there was alot of people out
Post by: jae on November 24, 2022, 12:20:30 PM
Post by: krolelov on December 02, 2022, 07:18:37 AM
Post by: Machias on December 02, 2022, 10:12:18 AM
Post by: snake on December 03, 2022, 01:29:17 PM
I dont see many out of state plates in the panhandle anymore. Last two years I could probably count them on one or two hands. ive been able to escape the pressure by continually searching for new area's and of course people still don't stray far from a road.
Post by: Woodpecker on December 08, 2022, 01:35:26 PM
Post by: 3nails on December 08, 2022, 04:20:38 PM
Congrats to your success, I also harvested a buck, while hunting in Idaho this year. Had old crunchy snow, for the first week or so. Was later rewarded with some nice new snow at the end. Always a memorable adventure.That crunch was awful. Got a pic of your buck?