I hunt adjacent to this unit, I can tell you be prepared for snow storms and have plan b,c and d ready if you cant get into a spot you wanna hunt. I have seen 2' fall in September and snows quite often in October. Carry chains
just gotten in the habit of running a cleaner patch after every shot and a dry one. Keeps everything consistent. Learned along time ago the noticeable difference not cleaning between shots as it gets harder to push the bullet down.
Nobody out west truly manages whitetails... Ill take what WA offers in seasons over ID in a deer management way, now I like hunting the seasons ID offers and being able to use any weapon. WA limits weapon choice and available days to hunt is a mere fraction of what ID allows for whitetail...
If you have never hunted in this unit or any mountains Id highly advise not hunting unit 27 for a first time elk hunt. This country is some of the deepest,steepest country the lower 48 offers. Hunting a mere couple miles on foot in here can eat you up.
My wife and I apply somewhere new every year and do a trip. She has killed muleys,whitetails and bears, but elk has eluded her not for the lack of trying,close calls and plain bad luck. She wants to do AZ elk and its a state Ive never stepped foot in or researched at all. I have hunted many...
not a free for all on the whiteys... ID is relentless on them and lots of hunters. They get no break... season opens Aug 30 and is pretty much open the entire time till Dec 24. Guys I know who are diehard whitetail hunters buy tags in WA for the same reason I mentioned. WA has a fraction of the...
Iam back from my hunt. I spent a total of 14 days hunting it and it took a lot of effort to just turn up the buck i shot and allot of hours behind glass. For being a draw tag it was quite disappointing hunting with so few people and a struggle to just turn up a 100” buck . 2 days ago I turned up...
Wife and I drew deer tags in ID again. We know the unit quite well as we have hunted it and scouted it quite abit over the last 6 years. We scouted a few trips this summer and hung a cam in a good spot that always has deer. Didn’t see a whole lot scouting as each trip was scorching hot and...