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<blockquote data-quote="FIGJAM" data-source="post: 1542063" data-attributes="member: 71039"><p>I think the same percentage of stupid people exist in controlled hunt areas as well. There are just fewer of them. General hunt areas have become insane in Idaho...sure there are the locals who go out and give a halfassed attempt at the hunt, but recently there has been a crazy number of non residents. 2 years ago I went to a general elk spot where there was hardly anybody in past years. There were 25 outfits parked where there used to be none, all with different out of state plates. It was a zoo to say the least - I picked up the radio frequecy for 4 guys from pennsylvania - it was fun to listen in on them over the course of a few days. They started out super excited, and by day three were beat up from the terrain and completely discouraged. I heard a lot of shots the week i was up there but never saw anybody drag one back to camp. I was on horseback and was able to get away from the crazy for the most part, but I haven't been back up there. Also funny to me was several groups were hiking a few hundred yards from the main road in and sitting up and glassing once they got to the first ridge. I get it, I have shot them road hunting before, but even after not seeing something the first day they didn't hike back in deeper. I kept thinking that is a lot of money to spend to do something you have no idea about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FIGJAM, post: 1542063, member: 71039"] I think the same percentage of stupid people exist in controlled hunt areas as well. There are just fewer of them. General hunt areas have become insane in Idaho...sure there are the locals who go out and give a halfassed attempt at the hunt, but recently there has been a crazy number of non residents. 2 years ago I went to a general elk spot where there was hardly anybody in past years. There were 25 outfits parked where there used to be none, all with different out of state plates. It was a zoo to say the least - I picked up the radio frequecy for 4 guys from pennsylvania - it was fun to listen in on them over the course of a few days. They started out super excited, and by day three were beat up from the terrain and completely discouraged. I heard a lot of shots the week i was up there but never saw anybody drag one back to camp. I was on horseback and was able to get away from the crazy for the most part, but I haven’t been back up there. Also funny to me was several groups were hiking a few hundred yards from the main road in and sitting up and glassing once they got to the first ridge. I get it, I have shot them road hunting before, but even after not seeing something the first day they didn’t hike back in deeper. I kept thinking that is a lot of money to spend to do something you have no idea about. [/QUOTE]
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