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Post by Rock Chuck on Aug 9, 2006 18:05:10 GMT -5
Idaho has an unusual way of handling lottery hunts. The main draw is in June. We have until Aug 1 to buy the tags. Any permit winner who doesn't buy his tag by then loses the permit and they hold a 2d drawing for them. There are quite a few deer, elk, and antelope permits up for grabs this year and the deadline for the 2d drawing is Aug 15.
There are 11 bull elk tags available in my favorite spot so I'm applying. Also, there's a place about 8 miles from home where a small herd of antelope hangs out. I was out there 4 wheeling Saturday and saw a nice buck standing in the road. I applied for one the 4 unclaimed permits for that one, too.
Dick
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Post by freedomrules3 on Aug 13, 2006 19:20:51 GMT -5
hope you get lucky and get a tag . I'd love to get out that way someday, some beautiful country there. maybe one of these days .
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Post by Rock Chuck on Aug 14, 2006 9:09:17 GMT -5
Here's a look at that elk draw area 2 years ago. A week later, I shot a medium 6x6 a couple hundred yards below where I took this. Dick  |
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Post by ncboman on Aug 14, 2006 22:24:48 GMT -5
It's very difficult for me to understand how you put up with the lottery system. I guess it's all in what you're use to.
How much money have you put up just to have a chance?
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Post by Rock Chuck on Aug 16, 2006 21:54:16 GMT -5
In Idaho, it's not hard to hunt without entering a lottery. They're used in units where the number of hunters would decimate the game or where the IDFG needs to tightly control animal numbers. There are a lot of elk in so. Idaho, but there are also a lot of hunters who want to chase them. Even at that, I can buy an OTC tag just by driving about 120 miles instead of hunting closer to home. Elk archery tags are also OTC all over the state.
The majority of the deer lottery units are along the NV & UT borders where the terrain is easy and open and roads are plentiful. There are lots of deer, but they'd be slaughtered if they had open hunts.
In many units, antlered tags are OTC while antlerless are lottery (if there are any antlerless at all). That allows the IDFG to control the breeding population to fit the available feed.
Less common game, antelope, moose, sheep, and goats, are much more limited in numbers so a lottery is necessary to give everyone a chance. In some good units, moose tags have odds as good as 1 in 4. Antelope tags are the hardest to get here. In some units, the odds are as bad as 1 in 25. Antelope archery tags are OTC, though, if you want a real challenge.
A lottery hunt costs an extra $13.50, 6.25 to apply and 7.25 for the permit if you get drawn. Idaho is one of the few states that hasn't gone to a point system so everyone has the same chance every year. They've talked about it many times, but the locals just don't want it.
Dick
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Post by Rock Chuck on Aug 22, 2006 12:35:01 GMT -5
It was good 2d chance. My 2 partners and I put in as a group and drew 3 of the 11 elk tags up for grabs. The unit is only about 75 miles from home and has good access. We can park a camp trailer right at the base of that mountain in the previous photo and climb straight up, and up, and up from there. Elk like high places. Here's a bigger look at the area. If you look at the timbered area in the bottom center, there are lots of elk in the draws going both left and right. Dick  |
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