The timber company model in Idaho has definitely changed. Smaller companies are now basically free access or no access and a few of the bigger companies are getting paid by the state for access. The biggest company is also doing exclusive use leases campsites, selling off small parcels, and now...
Congrats on the tag and child! I’d be careful with the “understanding” part. I had an entire September off a couple years ago due to a child and really didn’t elk hunt much more than usual. Those days I left the house to chase elk weren’t as welcome as I expected.
You should probably try to match the color of that blind to what you most commonly see on the closest roadway. You’ll want the deer comfortable with what they normally observe
not to be too contradictory but Idaho bird hunting is a shell of what it once was and could be. About the only part of it I would say is good or has improved over time is turkey hunting. I’d question anyone that moves here for bird hunting opportunities
It’s gotta be Wyoming. I might consider Arizona also, especially if you’ve got the funds to hunt other states on the years you can’t draw resident tags
No pics but a bull I had inside 20 yards in 2013 still messes with my mind. Had him dead to rights and my arrow popped off the rest when I drew back. Had an issue where the cord for my drop away test had slipped causing the launcher arm to basically bounce up when I drew back. I’m not sure how...
I guess people can make the choice not to be a professional hunter/filmer if the economics of it just don’t work out. Nothing will ever make me feel bad for the influencer crowd, I’m firmly in the camp of wanting significantly less of them
So, if the cost to administer and issue the permits costs more than the permits why shouldn’t the solution be to increase the cost of them? maybe I’m just bad at economics