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Post by kwap243 on May 4, 2012 23:39:35 GMT -7
Hello all new member here, so bare with me. I just relocated to Northern Utah ( dont hlod that against me please...) From Michigan originally... Back there i had the seasonal woodchuck slayfest down pat in the spring. But now being a newbie i would really like to find some spots either in northern Utah or Southern Idaho to do some shooting. There is very little help on the Idaho F&G web site, so i turned here for help. Im not asking for anybodys honey holes or GPS coordinates but a general area and what to look for would be great. I can take it from there. Back east you just look for a bean field with a ditch row and there is usually chucks, different here. Any help would be appreciated. Just looking for some info so i can take my kids on weekends when the weather is good for some fun..
thanks in advance..
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on May 5, 2012 10:06:38 GMT -7
kwap243,
I can't help with locations or areas, but I can help with what to look for to help find chucks.
As in the name - "Rocks" are an important ingredient in looking for chucks. Rock fields, rock ledges, rock piles, rocky canyons and draws. Creeks, streams, and rivers edges with rocky areas are a good bet also.
If you can locate these rocky areas, adjacent to or close to grasslands or agriculture ground, like alfalfa fields, or natural grass meadows.
On a warm sunny day, locate these rocky areas, sit and glass them from a distance, to determine if there are any chucks there.
If you have BLM Maps, pick a spot, go and check it out! The farther from civilization, the better your chances.
Good Luck & Good Shooting! Gary
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Post by sixpointfiveguy on May 13, 2012 10:17:12 GMT -7
It's very difficult to get hunters to give you info on their hot spots....but some good areas are north and south of Twin Falls. Shoshone to the north and an endless area to the south all the way to Jarbidge NV. Get out there and drive and glass. Good luck.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on May 13, 2012 11:08:13 GMT -7
sixpointfiveguy,
You are right. If you get a hot spot, you want to keep it under your hat. I wouldn't even tell my best friend, unless under a blood oath. 'Chucks are hard to come by for the average hunter, but if you are an extreme varmint hunter, with atv's, utv's or an extreme 4x4, you can go off road, and goat trails, to places others don't dare.
I make the suggestion to everyone that asks for "Help!" to go to BLM and get maps of the desert, or get a Lorme Idaho Atlas Books (Big Red One), put your finger on a location, fill your gas tank, and go look to see whats there.
A guy is not going to spend hours and hours out exploring, burning up tank after tank of gas, wearing out, and having flat tires, and not to mention wear and tear, and sagebrush scratches on his hunting rig - just to do all that work, then turn around and give all that work away to anyone that asks. That would be like a Museum giving away the Mona Lisa for the asking. Just not going to happen!
But, On the other hand, if a person was to make friends, and become someone's hunting partner, that person would entrust that person to keep a hot spot a secret! And not turn around and go back to that spot, and shoot it out, or that new person, takes all his buddies to that spot, and they decimate the animal population, so that the original hunter can no longer depend on being able to go there and hunt.
I hope that explaines the whole issue of asking for help!
It is not that we (IVH) don't want to help new hunters - WE DO! That is what IVH is all about, to help teach the newbies, and the experienced hunters that are just starting into the sport.
We will take them hunting with us, but! we will take them to general areas that we know, and we know there are critters in that general area, only it is an area that alot of other hunters hunt on a regular basis.
After that, it is up to them to branch out and explore for their own hot spots. There is a confident, self assured feeling that comes with locating your own areas to hunt.
If we were to take the newbie to a hot spot, we ask them, and would expect the newbie hunter, to keep the spot a secret, and to never return to it, unless the newbie is with the original finder!
THIS IS CALLED HUNTERS ETIQUETTE!
You can consider it the rule of the day! It applies in all types of hunting - with all hunters! Let's try to observe it, and make hunting a better sport, and make friends, not enemies.
Gary
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Post by broper on May 13, 2012 16:41:23 GMT -7
KWAP243, You're welcome to come to our monthly meeting and become a member. Then maybe you can meet and get acquainted with some other varmint hunters.
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