Meat Hunt

[jlong17]

Has anyone ever done one of the Idaho OTC August elk hunts that have the restrictions of being within 1 mile of private crops? My goal for this hunt would be to simply put meat in the freezer. I just don't know if I will have decent odds at doing this being that the season is August 1-30, and my hunting grounds are limited to within 1 mile of private crops. I'll be hunting the southern portion of the state. Any insight and/or pointers is greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading

 

[dgc1963]

look at the properties on the website listed for hunting access yes I believe many of those are ranches with crop damage issues also the weiser unit would be good to check out too

 

[jlong17]

ok awesome, thanks for the info!

 

[Idhikker]

Why are you looking at the August time frame? Is that based on your work schedule or something? That can be a tough time to find elk and with the ag fields they can be there one day and gone the next.

 

[jlong17]

Why are you looking at the August time frame? Is that based on your work schedule or something? That can be a tough time to find elk and with the ag fields they can be there one day and gone the next.

August is the date of the hunt... I haven't purchased the tag yet because I wasn't sure if it would be like you say, there one day and gone the next. I'll probably pass on the tag the more and more I look into it. I am just trying to find the best odds at harvesting a cow elk!

 

[Huntin' Fool]

This fall Idaho has some new OTC cow hunts with caps.