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<blockquote data-quote="Caveman0101" data-source="post: 1656600" data-attributes="member: 10852"><p>If they haven't been shot at they will probably still be bugling and chasing cows. Listen for them at night. Get up high and do a lot of spotting at daybreak and dark and do concentrate on the burn. If you are not seeing them or hearing them at night move. I would highly doubt there aren't trails on the ridges or bottoms or both. I've hunted the most remote parts of Idaho (Frank Church and Bitterroots) and even if it is not shown on the maps the guides and cowpokes keep trails in most places. Find the airstrips and stay away from them except for the ones that are only for the forest service. The guides will use airplanes to spot animals and it is hard to compete with that. The problem with this type of area is that the elk will get into one big herd and if you are not in the drainage they are in you won't see a thing. You can literally cover 100 miles of trails but if you don't come across the herd you will leave thinking there are no animals in the area. Idaho is generally very arid so unless there is snow or rain fresh sign will be hard to find. Don't think because you're on a river or creek your at the water source, the elk know where every spring in every little drainage is. My wife is from Idaho and we lived there for years but we left around the time the wolves got re-introduced, my brother in law says they have really changed the way the elk ack so good luck. There are a lot of moose in that unit and more mountain lions than anywhere I've been.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caveman0101, post: 1656600, member: 10852"] If they haven't been shot at they will probably still be bugling and chasing cows. Listen for them at night. Get up high and do a lot of spotting at daybreak and dark and do concentrate on the burn. If you are not seeing them or hearing them at night move. I would highly doubt there aren't trails on the ridges or bottoms or both. I've hunted the most remote parts of Idaho (Frank Church and Bitterroots) and even if it is not shown on the maps the guides and cowpokes keep trails in most places. Find the airstrips and stay away from them except for the ones that are only for the forest service. The guides will use airplanes to spot animals and it is hard to compete with that. The problem with this type of area is that the elk will get into one big herd and if you are not in the drainage they are in you won't see a thing. You can literally cover 100 miles of trails but if you don't come across the herd you will leave thinking there are no animals in the area. Idaho is generally very arid so unless there is snow or rain fresh sign will be hard to find. Don't think because you're on a river or creek your at the water source, the elk know where every spring in every little drainage is. My wife is from Idaho and we lived there for years but we left around the time the wolves got re-introduced, my brother in law says they have really changed the way the elk ack so good luck. There are a lot of moose in that unit and more mountain lions than anywhere I've been. [/QUOTE]
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