Rut Mule Deer Hunt Opportunity By some strange twist of fate, oversight, or whatever you might want to call it we are down to the wire and find ourselves with 2 tags for a 2024 Controlled Mule Deer Hunt for 2 in November. September 6, 2024By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, Drop Camps, General Information, Guided Hunts, Mule Deer Deer Hunts, Guided Hunts, Idaho hunting, Idaho Hunts, Idaho wilderness hunts, Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Fall Bear Season Is Looking Good If you haven’t made plans for fall yet, maybe a fall bear hunt in Idaho’s famous Frank Church Wilderness Area is just the ticket. Cameras on our spring bear bait sites were loaded with color phase bears this year. We weren’t sure if it was the mild winter or simply the bear population just continues to grow, but the fact is, the numbers and color variety both on camera and killed this spring was incredible. The bears were out and hungry. We left far more on camera than were harvested so fall is looking extra good this year as well. July 3, 2024By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, Fall Bear Season, General Information, Guided Hunts, Spring bear season, Spring Fall Black Bear Bear Hunts, Idaho Black Bear Hunts, Idaho hunting, Idaho wilderness hunts, Spring Black Bear Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
One Door Closes, Another One Opens It’s July already. Besides being the month with probably the second most important holiday celebration of the year, it’s the month when most western states hunting tag draw results are out (except maybe some antlerless tags) and, as usual, you drew tag soup. Nothing, zilch, nada. What to do about hunting this fall now? July 2, 2024By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, Elk In Rut, General Information, Guided Hunts, Mule Deer Elk Hunts, Guided Hunts, Idaho hunting, Idaho Hunts, Idaho wilderness hunts, Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Save Big on Idaho Spring Bear Hunts This year marks our twentieth season here in Idaho and we are celebrating with 20 percent off on our Idaho spring bear hunts! We love what we do and love sharing the woods with hunters from all over and hope to continue for another 20 plus years of guiding bear hunters. Can you even imagine saving 20 percent on a bear hunt? Ha ha We truly love spring bear season March 13, 2024By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, General Information, Guided Hunts, Spring bear season, Spring Fall Black Bear, Youth Bear Hunts, Black Bear Hunts, Guided Hunts, Idaho Black Bear Hunts, Idaho hunting, Idaho wilderness hunts, Youth Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Celebrating 20 Years Making Memories in Idaho By hook or by crook, we have made it to our twentieth year in business. We just finished our 19th season here at Wild Idaho Outfitters and as we head into our twentieth season in the “Frank” I may have to suggest that it was probably more possible by the grace of God and the many wonderful hunters that we have met along the way that we have reached this milestone. November 28, 2023By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, Fall Bear Season, General Information, Guided Hunts, Spring bear season, Spring Fall Black Bear, Wolf Fall Black Bear Hunts, Idaho Black Bear Hunts, Spring Black Bear Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Avoid the December 1 Black Friday Idaho Nonresident Tag Sale: Book with an Idaho Outfitter If you have hunted Idaho in recent years or are intending to this year, you probably know that Idaho’s nonresident deer and elk tags go on sale December 1. This year it just happens to fall on a Friday. We have heard from hunters and some Idaho Fish and Game personnel that it can be quite the “Black Friday” adventure trying to get in line (online or in person) to get your chance at an Idaho nonresident elk or deer tag. November 27, 2023By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, General Information, Guided Hunts Elk Hunts, Guided Hunts, Idaho, Idaho Hunts, Idaho wilderness hunts, Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Spring Bear Season Means to a Seasoned Wrangler March 20, 2023 is the first day of spring and this means Idaho spring bear season is right around the corner! Let me introduce myself, I'm Kelly Swingruber, my daughter (Tia) and I pack for Wild Idaho Outfitters and Castle Creek Outfitters. I also manage the livestock. March 10, 2023By Monica Oliver Announcements, General Information, Guided Hunts, Spring bear season Black Bear Hunts, Idaho Black Bear Hunts, Spring Black Bear Hunts, Wrangler 0 0 Comment Read More »
Merry Christmas from Idaho! As the sun set on a crisp evening in our upper camp overlooking the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness on November 18, the realization hit that our 2022 Idaho elk, deer and bear season had just come to an end.This past month has flown by and as we inch up on the end of 2022, we can’t help but look back at an amazing year December 22, 2022By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, Drop Camps, General Information, Guided Hunts Bear Hunts, Deer Hunts, Elk Hunts, Idaho wilderness hunts, Merry Christmas 0 0 Comment Read More »
Spring Bear Drop Camps With Idaho’s 2022 spring bear season beginning in a few short weeks, we are grateful that we are almost fully booked for our guided hunts, but we still have availability for spring drop camps for those DIY hunters who to prefer the challenge of hunting on their own and more of the spot and stalk element of bear hunting. This is a more affordable option over guiding, puts you in charge of your own schedule and may just be the ticket for that pent up wintertime cabin fever! March 1, 2022By George McQuiston (blog) Announcements, General Information, Guided Hunts Black Bear Hunts, Idaho Black Bear Hunts, Spring Bear Season, Spring Black Bear Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »