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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 259142" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>Well I'm not going to give you too much of what I know but the hunting in reference to Stanley is really weather dependant. Have not spent much time around Challis other than to the west above the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, so will not comment on that area. The Sawtooth Wilderness to the southwest of Stanley is good hunting for both bucks and bulls mainly in the areas where the south fork of the Payette river headwaters on the east side and the north fork of the Boise river and the Queens river headwaters on the west. There are trail heads both on the Payette side and the Queens river side. Horses are really helpful but it can be backpacked. Once it starts snowing the animals start to move. They migrate a long ways so it does not take a lot of weather to get them going. Those animals migrate pretty much going west and southwest but there are three distinct routes which I will keep to myself but if the weather is crappy they will be moving and all you have to do is catch up to them.</p><p> </p><p> Pick the unit (35, 36, 39) to hunt carefully depending on when you want to hunt. The weather will really screw you up. 35 is a good unit as a lot of animals move that way with bad weather. If you don't have access to horses and you are going to backpack that country my advice would be to just get a mule deer tag. Back packing a elk out of there would be no fun!……..have fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 259142, member: 10391"] Well I’m not going to give you too much of what I know but the hunting in reference to Stanley is really weather dependant. Have not spent much time around Challis other than to the west above the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, so will not comment on that area. The Sawtooth Wilderness to the southwest of Stanley is good hunting for both bucks and bulls mainly in the areas where the south fork of the Payette river headwaters on the east side and the north fork of the Boise river and the Queens river headwaters on the west. There are trail heads both on the Payette side and the Queens river side. Horses are really helpful but it can be backpacked. Once it starts snowing the animals start to move. They migrate a long ways so it does not take a lot of weather to get them going. Those animals migrate pretty much going west and southwest but there are three distinct routes which I will keep to myself but if the weather is crappy they will be moving and all you have to do is catch up to them. Pick the unit (35, 36, 39) to hunt carefully depending on when you want to hunt. The weather will really screw you up. 35 is a good unit as a lot of animals move that way with bad weather. If you don’t have access to horses and you are going to backpack that country my advice would be to just get a mule deer tag. Back packing a elk out of there would be no fun!……..have fun. [/QUOTE]
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