Idaho - Unit 43 General
daveytech
9/5/07 3:59pm
Hello everyone. I've been lurking on these forums for awhile and I have to say this is quite the place.
I finally decided to register so I could ask for some pointers!
Last year I hunted in Idaho for the first time. On the eastern side of Unit 43.
There was an early snow and only one of the four of us managed to fill a tag. It was extremely disappointing, I hiked between 3-6 miles a day for 6 days and only saw does. I ended up picking up camp and traveling west, to lower elevation (4500-6000ish) where the hunters were having much better success.
Having only ever lived and hunted in California (Ive drawn X zone tags a few times), I feel quite inexperienced. That said, mule deer hunting is my greatest passion. Sadly, I have never shot anything better than a small 3x3, or seen anything better than that in the wild. I dream about bagging a 4x4 some day, even a small one. I know it's not much but hey, a man has to start somewhere.
This brings me to my next point... I lack the ability to go scout in ID. Though I might be able to to convince my supervisors to let me go in future years.
While I have some good ideas of where to hunt in this unit, I was hoping someone could give me some advice on where to start. I'm willing to hike anywhere.
If anyone has advice or tips for campgrounds in the area near Featherville I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks for listening,
Davey
I finally decided to register so I could ask for some pointers!
Last year I hunted in Idaho for the first time. On the eastern side of Unit 43.
There was an early snow and only one of the four of us managed to fill a tag. It was extremely disappointing, I hiked between 3-6 miles a day for 6 days and only saw does. I ended up picking up camp and traveling west, to lower elevation (4500-6000ish) where the hunters were having much better success.
Having only ever lived and hunted in California (Ive drawn X zone tags a few times), I feel quite inexperienced. That said, mule deer hunting is my greatest passion. Sadly, I have never shot anything better than a small 3x3, or seen anything better than that in the wild. I dream about bagging a 4x4 some day, even a small one. I know it's not much but hey, a man has to start somewhere.
This brings me to my next point... I lack the ability to go scout in ID. Though I might be able to to convince my supervisors to let me go in future years.
While I have some good ideas of where to hunt in this unit, I was hoping someone could give me some advice on where to start. I'm willing to hike anywhere.
If anyone has advice or tips for campgrounds in the area near Featherville I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks for listening,
Davey
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I just wanted to take a second to welcome you to one of the best hunting sites around.
pokymuleys: I have been considering a change of unit in Idaho, but two of the guys I hunt with have hunted this unit in the past and seem stuck on it. Is the area you speak of a general hunt unit?
idhuntnfool: I will e-mail you shortly.
IDdesertman: The eastern side is higher elevation and looks fantastic. The issue we had last year was an early snow before the season opened (or thats how I see it anyways). We met some hunters who had been hunting that area for 14 years and they said they had always had a lot of success except for this past year.