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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: elkhunter00 on September 29, 2025, 12:50:59 PM

Title: Panhandle whitetail dates
Post by: elkhunter00 on September 29, 2025, 12:50:59 PM: Non-resident hunting unit 6. Had penciled in the trip over Thanksgiving, but work changed that. Every other 3 day weekend is open to me. Which dates would you suggest?
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Post by: bustedoldman on September 29, 2025, 02:37:51 PM: Hunt them all if you can EHD took a toll this year......
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Post by: leonpeon2 on October 10, 2025, 03:52:24 PM: im hunting unit 5 from nov 8-15th. only time i could get off work myself. been trying to get as much info as i can as well.
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Post by: TeacherMan on October 10, 2025, 10:50:56 PM: I’d hunt the 15th/16th. With that said I’ll have deer camp set (wall tent) the 7th to the 16th.
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Post by: Jimmy33 on October 11, 2025, 06:57:53 AM: Up north I like the weekend before thanksgiving
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Post by: TeacherMan on October 11, 2025, 12:51:25 PM: Hunted heavy this morning in unit 6. Went through a check station on my way home around noon and they said only 3 animals had came down the st Joe all day. There are 100s of hunters out there, ghost town for critters.
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Post by: leonpeon2 on November 02, 2025, 10:57:52 AM: Anyone hunted north Idaho yet? I’m headed there Saturday and wanted to see what people are seeing/thinking.
I can only hunt a few days.
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Post by: Westsideelkchaser on November 11, 2025, 04:42:56 PM: Any reports yet? Headed over Friday to 8a
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Post by: Seabass on November 11, 2025, 05:32:16 PM: Quote from: leonpeon2 on October 10, 2025, 03:52:24 PM
im hunting unit 5 from nov 8-15th. only time i could get off work myself. been trying to get as much info as i can as well.

My best spot is in unit 5. EHD nuked my spot. I hope yours is better!

My favorite time is the 15th to 25th.
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Post by: leonpeon2 on November 11, 2025, 06:05:53 PM: Hunted unit 5 today. Over the last 3 days. Saw 12 moose. 3 bucks and 40 does.
Missed a long shot on a nice buck.
Did find out today that all of Stimpson land is now owned by the tribes and are off limits. I thought it was only a select few but was corrected. Makes hunting unit 5 so much harder.
Leaving back to Washington in the morning with tag soup.
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Post by: Shooter4 on November 11, 2025, 06:39:23 PM: Quote from: leonpeon2 on November 11, 2025, 06:05:53 PM
Hunted unit 5 today. Over the last 3 days. Saw 12 moose. 3 bucks and 40 does.
Missed a long shot on a nice buck.
Did find out today that all of Stimpson land is now owned by the tribes and are off limits. I thought it was only a select few but was corrected. Makes hunting unit 5 so much harder.
Leaving back to Washington in the morning with tag soup.
They lied it is a select few check the idfg website its a select amount
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Post by: highside74 on November 11, 2025, 07:20:22 PM: Quote from: leonpeon2 on November 11, 2025, 06:05:53 PM
Hunted unit 5 today. Over the last 3 days. Saw 12 moose. 3 bucks and 40 does.
Missed a long shot on a nice buck.
Did find out today that all of Stimpson land is now owned by the tribes and are off limits. I thought it was only a select few but was corrected. Makes hunting unit 5 so much harder.
Leaving back to Washington in the morning with tag soup.

You took the 8th-15th off and you are going home after 3 days? Every day going forward should get better and better and the weather also.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on November 11, 2025, 07:27:09 PM: Lots of rub activity in 5...been hiking in that country a bunch the last week...it'll be really good hunting in about 5 days.

Spent today in 8,8A and saw a couple nice bucks come out of 8A.
I'm not serious hunting until this weekend. Weather looks good.
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Post by: Westsideelkchaser on November 11, 2025, 08:44:31 PM: I am hoping we hit it just right no moon and some colder weather kicking in wish EHD didn’t hit but is what it is. This is my fun hunt for the year wall tent whiskey and some rutting bucks cruising and no pressure to have to get one.
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Post by: 762Gunner on November 11, 2025, 08:53:46 PM: I'm looking forward to seeing what I can turn up on the west side of unit 1 next week
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Post by: Jimmy33 on November 13, 2025, 09:17:38 PM: I will be up north as usual next week.

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Post by: Machias on November 18, 2025, 08:20:14 AM: I normally see 10 to 12 deer every day. I'm in Unit 5, north of Worley. In the past 5 weeks, I've personally seen ZERO deer and I've gotten 4 deer on 4 different cameras. Two bucks, a doe and a yearling. I have an extra doe tag this year that I am not going to even try to fill. I found 6 dead deer this fall. The whitetails down this low took a beating. I'm hearing maybe 90% of the whitetail herd down low was wiped out by EHD. I have heard they were not hit near as hard in the higher elevations. Sadly due to my knee replacement surgery I cannot hunt the higher country this year and am stuck hunting near my place. Not looking very promising for me this year. I'm hoping the small elk herd that usually shows up around Thanksgiving is back by the first week in Dec for cow elk muzzleloader season.
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Post by: 762Gunner on November 24, 2025, 03:32:57 PM: I hunted unit 1 on the west side of Priest Lake over the weekend. I passed on two small bucks on Saturday morning. One was chasing a doe. I didn't see any other deer for the remaining weekend. There was a bit of rain on Sunday morning/early afternoon that I'm sure kept them down. I saw a lot of deer sign in every spot that I was at. Only a handful of shots rang out over the weekend. My first time hunting this area, and was happy to see less road hunters than I have seen cruising in the Colville National Forest the last few years that I have hunted there.
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Post by: addicted1 on November 24, 2025, 08:17:57 PM: Quote from: 762Gunner on November 24, 2025, 03:32:57 PM
I hunted unit 1 on the west side of Priest Lake over the weekend. I passed on two small bucks on Saturday morning. One was chasing a doe. I didn't see any other deer for the remaining weekend. There was a bit of rain on Sunday morning/early afternoon that I'm sure kept them down. I saw a lot of deer sign in every spot that I was at. Only a handful of shots rang out over the weekend. My first time hunting this area, and was happy to see less road hunters than I have seen cruising in the Colville National Forest the last few years that I have hunted there.

You going back out before the season ends? Pretty fun to hunt once the snow starts flying.
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Post by: 762Gunner on November 26, 2025, 01:46:28 PM: I wish I could. Have some family activities planned. I grew up hunting in southern Indiana. Having snow was the best time.