Boise, ID - where do I start?

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BJJ223

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I have hunted coyotes in Southern CA for 15 years. I just moved to Boise. Does anyone have any tips on where to begin? I have some real basic questions ...

1. Is North or South of Boise the best place to start? I live in Avimor off the 55 Highway.

2. Trespassing - I want to make sure I respect private property. Is all BLM land okay to hunt on? I have the Gohunt APP. It tells me exactly where the public land is.

3. The National Forest looks pretty dense. Do people hunt it for coyotes?

4. If there is a fence on BLM land, does that mean I can't hunt it?

I am so happy to be in a free State. I know Idaho doesn't like Californians. But, I vote dark red for freedom, gun rights, and hunting rights.

 
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Bless you and yours for getting out of that state! I expect Kalifornia to implode any day.

Don't be too rough on the folks in Idaho, I believe they will accept you on your own merits and not lump you in with the other poor souls still drinking the KOOOL-AID dished out by Newsom and others.

There will definitely be coyotes in that dense cover, be mindful of your approach and windage. Check with state wildlife department for rules/regulations for those areas to hunt.

Good luck and keep getting them critters!
 
Thanks. The people in ID have been the friendliest people I have ever met in my life. I had no idea people were so decent. It is like I am in heaven.
 
Check the game regulations. There may be a less costly hunting license (or none) for hunting nonage species. It will also tell you what is "non game". Here in Orygun raccoons, foxes, and bobcats are classified as furbearers and need a separate license and sometimes a tag to take.

Fences on BLM land may be either the boundary between public and private land or a government fence to keep cattle from a grazing lease off of riparian areas.

Check out this guy's website. I'm convinced he's hunting in Idaho. Note the varied terrain he calls in. Quite a bit of it is ag land or sage.
 
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It's like any out of state hunting trip, your just going to stay longer. My first purchase is a DeLormes Atlas and Gazetteer for an overview of the area some show BLM and state lands, some don't. Now you know what the area is like. Next stop for me is the BLM office, you have one there in Boise and purchase their maps, they are halve the price in the office over ordering them online. The maps let you lay out a hunting day and show property lines. Next because it is very hard to drive, hold a map and decipher where your at a gps is god sent. I have an old Kirsch chip in mine, sadly no longer available but I hunt with others that are smarter than me and know how to use OnX on their smart phones like I use my chipped gps.

Check with BLM on access as many leases are just grazing leases and still allow public access. Same with the ID game department as each states rules for state land access varies alot.

Next is another way to stay out of trouble. Land ownership, even government lands change hands. If you come to a place that all your mapping says it public but sure looks like private land. Get familiar with the county assessor's GIS mapping and then you can find out who is paying the taxes.

I keep a loose leaf binder to hold my BLM mps and a DeLormes Atlas for each state I hunt

I even have a GPS on my MC, it is really hard to use a map on it but I did use the map to plan my hunt for the day.

GPS between the handle bars.
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It's like HellGate said. He gave you a really good start.

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but tell me a little about your bike.
 
It is a Suzuki VanVan 200, much like a Yamaha TW-200, fat tires, 200cc and softer seat. The VV is more road oriented than the TW but I hunt public lands and almost everywhere you are required to stay on designated roads on public lands so that isn't a drawback for me. The roads might be ust a two track that hasn't seen a grader since they quit using horses to pull them but they are still on the maps as roads. Fun way to hunt and gets 60-80 mpg and is highway legal so I can just book out of the house in the morning and go anywhere on it.
 
Not from Boise, but grew up 2 hours east. The BLM ground is great for finding coyotes. Even with a fence up you should be able to access it unless its posted. The only time I see it posted is if it is used for a military operations. Most time you can jump the fence or open the gate and drive in. Between Kuna and Mountain Home there is a large chunk of BLM ground that is off limits due to Military training. Many ranchers graze their cattle on BLM during the summer, hence the fences.

Where I find most of my success is looking for BLM land that borders private farm land. The coyotes love to go into the fresh cut fields to find mice but tend to have their dens in the sagebrush cover. You can find plenty of that type of ground north and south of Boise. May need to travel farther outside of the city to weed out all the weekend type hunters that only want to drive a few minutes.
 


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