First Hunting Season of 2016 Opens Now that all the hoopla surrounding the Holidays are over and the New Year is officially underway, it is time to get down to the serious business of planning for all the hunting seasons the upcoming year will provide. January 16, 2016By George McQuiston Elk In Rut, General Information, Guided Hunts, Mule Deer, Spring Fall Black Bear Black Bear Hunts, Elk Hunts, Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From the gang here at Wild Idaho Outfitters, nestled snuggly under the peaks of the Southeastern edge of the Salmon River Mountains, one of the gateways to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness area, we want to take a moment and wish all who read this a very Happy and Joyful Holiday Season! December 25, 2015By George McQuiston General Information 0 0 Comment Read More »
Non-Resident Licenses and Tags Went on Sale December 1st 2016 The word is out and Idaho has been rediscovered as an amazing big game hunting destination as nonresident deer tags and many elk zone tags sold out this year for the first time in about the last 8 years. Hunters are finally realizing that hunting out west does NOT need to be complicated: simply come to Idaho and buy your tags over the counter and go hunting… December 3, 2015By George McQuiston General Information, Guided Hunts Black Bear Hunts, Elk Hunts, Guided Hunts, Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
Annual Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association Dinner and Auction The annual IOGA dinner and auction takes place this Thursday December 3rd at the Riverside hotel in Boise, Idaho. Proceeds go to the Idaho Natural Resources Foundation, whose mission is to “The Idaho Natural Resource Foundation works to conserve our wild land, rivers, and wildlife for future generations to enjoy and interact with.” November 30, 2015By George McQuiston Announcements, General Information 0 0 Comment Read More »
Happy Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving from the gang here at Wild Idaho Outfitters. With the storm moving across the west this day we do hope you find yourselves snuggled up next to a warm fire, hot cup of coffee or cocoa nearby, and are able to take a few quiet moments to reflect on all the blessings we individually and collectively share as Americans. I for one am grateful for this country. As we read about refugees trying to escape their country November 25, 2015By George McQuiston Announcements, General Information 0 0 Comment Read More »
Sun Sets on 2015 Wild Idaho Hunting Seasons 2015 will go down as one of Wild Idaho Outfitters most successful hunting seasons of our career. Beginning with spring Bear hunting where we enjoyed a full 75% opportunity rate to our fall hunting seasons where we went just under 100% opportunity rate on an animal. And most importantly, almost everyone who hunted with us this year lived. Those few exceptions were probably a little ill anyway. Yes folks that is one of my corny outfitter jokes. November 21, 2015By George McQuiston General Information Black Bear Hunts, Elk Hunts , Mule Deer Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
No Horse Rides this Summer at Snowbird Normally about this time each summer, we are announcing that the horses are coming to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, but this year is different. Snowbird began a large scale construction project that will consume all of this summer and next so we won’t be offering rides again at Snowbird until summer 2017. July 14, 2015By George McQuiston Announcements, General Information 1 1 Comment Read More »
The Results are In People we know that put in for Utah draw hunts are beginning to see their credit cards hit for the respective amounts that would indicate success in drawing either a limited entry tag or one of many general season tags that require a draw now in the state of Utah. Gone are the good old days of over the counter or OTC tags in Utah May 18, 2015By George McQuiston General Information, Guided Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »
2015 Idaho Spring Bear Season Begins with a Trophy Class Bear Our first official week of spring bear hunting in our backcountry unit 27 in Central Idaho began with a father son combo from Nebraska and when we went to sit a couple of baits within ear shot of each other, Cam (the son and youth hunter) and I were greeted by the sound of a rifle report just towards the end of legal light. With curiosity getting the best of us, we sprinted over to where his Dad Jeff had been sitting and he and his first year guide, Jacob Roy, were no where to be found. May 9, 2015By George McQuiston General Information, Guided Hunts, Spring Fall Black Bear Black Bear Hunts 0 0 Comment Read More »