Ivory, really? I'll take your word for it, but I've never run into griz tracks in the Pine Creek drainages. Haven't spent too much time up Rainy Crk.

The most I've heard of griz in that area is...

There's not really much of a chance you'll run into grizzlies in those elk zones. Maybe some wander into the Palisades from time to time.

Wolves can be found - hit or miss.

Hunters do well there, but the hard part is drawing a tag.

A mile is a long way in that country. Buy a National Forest service map, as they show general land ownerships. Clearwater National Forest Map, I think it is. They will show what is private, what...

Congrats! Glad the ol' ambush worked!

I'm waiting for rifle season to start up. The only thing that really makes me keep bow hunting at bay is that I can't get over the concept of hunting when it is 80 or 90 degrees out.

Sorry, man. I just had a hankerin' to take them hosses for a ride. They bein pent up most the summer. Didn't figgeron anybody being back in there.

I find the Hunt Planner on IF&G's site to be highly inaccurate. We really don't have a great land-ownership map system online, to my knowledge. I usually have to piece things together between...

Good luck to you! Do you mind me asking which strip you're flying into?

Thanks, Ivory!

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Seriously, asking questions like that can be perceived as bad etiquette. But the...

Darrin, you are right, cow numbers were down in the 2008 winter survey. But they also noted in the same report that calf recruitment rates were really good, and on the whole the section on the...

Brownlee, hands down. The downside to Brownlee is that cow populations have been down in recent years, and obviously that will have an affect on the bull pops sooner or later. Weiser River has a...

bugle13, I would disagree with Darrin. I've spent some good time in that area. I just don't see the elk herds doing so poorly. The herd in 66A will winter in the Tex Creek Zone, and they've been...

Nah, I think the closest one is to the west over by Stanley.

It's an awesome tag, so like you, I can't believe it's unlimited. I would just like to find somebody to do the hunt with. If you hear of somebody, let me know. Otherwise I'll be hiking solo.

Anybody else draw this tag for the season that starts October 26?

Some people forget to buy their tags on time, or otherwise decide not to go for whatever reason. Those hard to get areas in the first draw are usually harder to get in the second draw. But I always...

Muchas gracias

Does anybody know the name of the book about the college kid who took a job with the Forest Service to stay all by himself in the Selway Wilderness for a winter? Sounds like a good book while on a...

Pretty small area. I'm sure you'll be going where everyone else will be on that hunt - in the hills out of Lakeview. I've seen elk in there before. Good luck.

I'm with Justin - could be the blue moon!

Ivory, maybe you're all fevered up with that super-tag, and your eyes are growing horns on the critters! :)

Just messin' with you, man!

The sequel, The Old Man and the Boy Grows Older is just as good, if not better.

The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark. A classic. There's some too-good-for-that folks who give the book a lot of flack for minor reasons. But I think it's a great campfire book about an...

I have never had a cell phone battery last very long when sleeping out in colder weather. Cell phones make great alarm clocks generally, but I've found that I want to conserve as much battery time...