Archery Elk and Mule Deer Hunt

Our Elk and Mule Deer hunts are done from our Backcountry camps in Idaho’s West Central Mountains. The hunts are 7 days with 5 full days of hunting, and Our camps consist of wall tents, wood stoves, cots, foams, and lanterns with 3 meals a day and plenty of firewood. These hunts are NOT for the faint of heart. Idaho's Backcountry is Rugged! We leave from Yellow Pine, Idaho. From there, our camps are 3 to 5 hours in on horseback. All of our stock is experienced mountain horses and sure-footed. We recommend our hunters to be in good physical shape, and the terrain can be steep and rugged. Typically we use the horses to get us up the hills or take us long distances to locate game if needed, but we have clients walk downhill as it saves on our horse’s front ends. 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.

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!

We are not about Quantity; we are about quality. We limit each hunt to No more than 4 hunters in camp per hunt. All of our guides are experienced hunters and back-country men and know stock. The guides we have are never turned loose with our clients until they have worked as a packer or wrangler for a year, so they are familiar with the area and stock, and we are familiar with them. We are a fair chase hunting Outfit (Hunting is Hunting. There are No guarantees). Several factors Increase or Decrease your odds of harvesting the game. On these hunts, you can see anything from a spike to a 7 by 7, Typically taking home a mature 5 point or a large 6 point Bull.

We have two main camps we operate out of:

• High Camp is a 5-hour ride in from the trailhead. We climb from 4800 feet in elevation to 8200 feet and drop down to 7200 feet to our remote camp. Terrain can be steep and rugged. If you are afraid of heights, the ride-in may scare you! We hunt from this camp from August 30th to September 30th. The camp sits in Unit 25 but is right on the border of 20A. This camp is awesome for its remoteness and No pressure from other hunters.
• Fritzer Camp is a 3-hour ride in from the trailhead. We ride along a river trail down to camp. The river trail can be scary, narrow rocky, and steep ( Hunters can walk if they choose as it is fairly level in elevation to camp ). We hunt from this camp from October 15th to November 18th. The camp sits at 3400 feet in elevation and is in Unit 25 but sits on the border of Unit 20A. This camp is awesome for our late hunts as it is in the Elk and Deer winter range with excellent glassing right from camp!

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!!!

Archery Season

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!

Price is per person for 2x1 Archery Hunt. 7-Day Trip/ 5 Full Days of Hunting. Make it a 1x1 Guided hunt for an additional fee. Add nonhunter for a reduced Fee.