Idaho Elk and Mule Deer Hunting
About The Hunts
On our Idaho Guided Elk hunts we use our horses to get to prime glassing & hunting areas, if you are afraid of horses or heights these hunts are not for you. We put our clients on our best & most proven mounts to assure their safety. We use the horses to cover distances and to go up in elevation where the terrain permits to save on your legs. We do require our clients to walk their mounts down hill as it saves on our horses front ends.
On these hunts it is important that our hunters are in TOP physical shape for higher success rates!! Idaho is steep and rugged and our stock can only go as far as the terrain permits, so when game is spotted it’s important that our hunters be able to get within shooting range!
On our 20A rifle hunts crossing the river daily on horseback is required to get to the hunting unit, it is a long shallow crossing.
Riding back to camp on horseback in the dark after a day of hunting is a common event, horses can see in the dark & using flashlights blinds them.
There is no guarantee on these hunts we do our best to pair you with a experienced Guide that is familiar with our hunting area, but there are alot of other factors that come into play such as weather, the moon, and being in good physical shape to get to the game.
- We hunt on public land on the Payette National Forrest and we can not gurantee that we will not run in to other hunters, although using the horses we can typically get away from most other DIY’s
- We do not have more than 4 hunters in a camp unless we are hunting in both unit 25 & 20 A, we are about quality not quantity!!!
Our Idaho Archery Elk hunts start September 6th through September 30th. Our Archery hunts are done from our backcountry camp. We offer these hunts as Archery elk with the option to hunt Black Bear over bait and you can add a Wolf Tag. Mule Deer can be hard this time of year, you can bring a rifle for bear and wolf. It is important to be in top physical shape for these hunts, we use horses to get us up in elevation where the terrain permits, but we still due alot of hiking in steep rugged terrain!
Our rifle season starts October 15th and runs through November 18th these hunts can be combo Elk, Mule Deer, ( Bear, until end of October ) & Wolf hunts. These hunts are done from our back country camps, our camp sits in Unit 25 on the border of Unit 20 A which works to our benefit with our hunt schedule as we use each unit for a two week period and give the other unit a break. Our camp sits right on the South Fork of the Salmon River at just under 4,000 ft in elevation, we can hunt up to 7,000 ft in elevation. With our later rifle hunts the more weather the better as it pushes the game down from the high country.
1 on 1 Archery Hunt 7500.00
2 on 1 Archery Hunt 6200.00
1 on 1 Rifle Hunt $7,700.00
2 on 1 Rifle Hunt $6,500.00
Non-Hunter Fee $2,000
Prices Do Not Include :
Rental vehicels to & from airport
Taxes 6% Idaho sales Tax & 3% Federal Use Tax
Tags & License fees:
License $185.00
IDFG Depredation Access Fee $10.00
Elk $651.75
Deer $351.75
Bear $231.75
Wolf $31.75
Archery Permit $81.75
Gratuities to guide, packer/ wrangler, & cook
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