Columbus Day - OPENING DAY
 

From the last day of the season - I wait - and wait, wait for this day to arrive... It is here and I have been out... Love it.
IF, I do things right I should be able to hunt from now to the end of December.

The way my season breaks out - I opt from the muzzleloading elk hunt (spikes and cows only) 12-2 to 12-9. For that hunt I have to go by Idaho's ML rules, no scopes, caps only, loose powder, and full bore conicals....

But all the rest of the hunting - I can use a modern ML during our rifle season.

So from now to 12-2, I am hunting Whitetail and to make the season last I am hunting only for that decent buck... until the last two weeks - then if it has a white tail it might be in jeopordy. Then I have an anterless tag that is good till 12-30 - gotta save that to get through Christmas... so if things go right - 3 wonderful months of hunting...

I headed out this morning the one of our spots on State land. I was headed to one of our hot spots - Slaughter House Gulch... It was an eventfull morning several nice Whitetail does and even one Whitetail buck - it was OK but it was not the one - besides this is way to early to shoot... I would end up doing 'Honey Do's" until mid November when the other deer tag kicks in. So it got a walk...

Here is a picture looking down Slughter House - the picture does not look like much but it is a good spot...



Headed to another spot in the morning.. We did jump some elk in this area last week while turkey hunting...

Speaking of Turkey's after getting back to the truck - there standing the road getting the fill of freshly graded gravel on the road was a bunch of Turkeys - course the season closed yesterday....

Pete, I won't go so far as to say I wish I was you but I sure wouldn't mind your schedule for the rest of this year. Good Luck with your hunting my friend.
Art

looks and sounds go to me sabot.

That sure is nice to be able to hunt with a ML from Oct to Jan. That's a great way to end the year. I have to hunt with sticks and string until Nov.

I love the planning and plotting associated with the start of the season. Which stand for opening day? Which gun? Do I switch areas for the evening hunt, or maybe pack a lunch and stay all day in the North box stand, or in the high chair? Maybe I should sit in the South box until mid-morning and then make a creep through that section they thinned two years ago. Decisions, decisions.

My season opens Nov. 12th. and I expect to hunt every weekend from then until the end of January. It's tough, but it has to be done.

My kill plan is different from your's Sabotloader. I'm popping a cap on the first mature doe I see, and probably the second (our club has a two-doe limit). Once meat is in the freezer I'll be content to spend the remainder of the season enjoying the woods and hoping a nice buck comes along. Of course, I'll be sending lead toward any hogs, bobcats or coyotes silly enough to show themselves in daylight.

Good luck sabotloader. I hope you get to see what you're after.

See that sounds like a whole lot more fun... but I have to stay the course to keep me in the game plan... or I could be working for my wife...

Wow! I'm jealous of your long season. Good luck.

Ya but! One pull of the trigger at the wrong time can mess the whole plan up... it is all about timing....

All the deer hunting really is nothing more than keepng track of the elk...

True, but you're out there with a gun in hand. The right animal can show up at any time. It makes it exciting. Much more than just being there scouting.