Draw results are out for 2026. I had a big swing and a miss on the two “good” tags I put in for but I drew an extra antlerless whitetail tag for mid November through mid December. I might not even try to fill that tag if I get an elk this year but if my freezer has room then I’ll be out there...
Ha. That shoulder mount sounds awesome. Is it too late for a standing full body mount? You could have him right in the middle of the living room. He would be a real conversation starter.
I hunted elk 0 days last year so am hoping to go as much as possible in my home state of Idaho. Same for deer. Otc archery for elk. Otc rifle for deer and hopefully I will draw an extra deer tag too. I’m worried about fires though. We have virtually no snow in the panhandle and the long range...
No input on that particular arrow. I’ve only shot two deer with a bow and they were both complete pass throughs. I’ve shot 8 elk with a bow and haven’t had a pass through yet. I’m shooting an arrow broadhead combo around 500 grains from a 70lb bow that is shooting around 270fps. I don’t mind my...
That’s odd. Go outdoors Idaho! Is where I get my tags. Maybe they are headquartered in Florida. You didn’t put in for one of those Florida elk tags did you?
I’m certain that there are a lot more grizzly bears out there than the fish and game would like to admit to. I don’t know why they would lie about that but they seem to in my opinion. That or I just happen to encounter the very few bears they say we have frequently.
On a positive note it seems...
Good luck in the draw. I don’t know about the rest of the state but up here in the panhandle we are having an incredibly mild winter. Hopefully it stays that way and winter kill doesn’t occur.
I guess one other complaint I have is that I hunted the whole time hoping for snow and we never got any. Now I am headed to stare at my in-laws for thanksgiving and it snowed overnight. Oh well.
I’m probably done for the season. There is a chance I will get out next Monday which is our last day. I only hunted a handful of days. I filled two tags and didn’t fill the last one but had some of the best days I’ve ever had hunting whitetails.
I live in a place where you don’t see piles of...
Congratulations. That looks like a nice place to hunt. I wish we had hardwood forests here. Sitting in a treestand on a nice fall day bowhunting whitetails over acorns sounds like a good way to spend a day.
I am heading out to hunt this afternoon but I wanted to stop by that mock scrape I made and freshen it up in case my parents wanted to try hunting there. This guy was in the scrape when I got there. I plan on holding out for a nice one with my last tag and if this guy was in the area where my...
If anyone is interested in trying a deer scent this is the one I used for the last buck I got. I’ve never had any luck with artificial scents and didn’t think they really worked. I bought this one on Amazon because it was relatively cheap compared to others.
I had planned on using it as a...
I’ve got one more tag for deer. It’s a draw tag for an antlered whitetail in a CWD quarantine area. It’s the same area I have hunted all my life but they found CWD there a year or two ago so now it has some special rules. I’m hoping to get out for that tag and am planning on holding out for a...
I’ve shot 8 bulls and two whitetails. Clean pass through on both deer. I haven’t had a pass through on an elk yet. Some of those arrows were in the off shoulder but maybe 5-6 of them were broadside shots that just didn’t go through. I’m shooting an arrow around 420 grains out of a bow shooting...