There's a couple spots that look promising, based on others' success statistics. All the area of the state north of Salmon was one spot and the lower East side of the state was another. That southeast area is more populated with people (more hunters in the area) and that may be why the statistics are higher though. One of my bow hunting trips is going to be to do a DIY cougar hunt, tracking then calling them into bow range! You probably have family that use dogs on them in Idaho? I have a .452 Slayer on the way for a dedicated big bore hunting and long range target rig.
Her father and uncles used to hunt with dogs, now they'll just bring they're family dogs to alert them to predators during elk and deer seasons. They go out for 2-3 weeks at a time deep in the high country, I came CLOSE to being able to make it out there to hunt with them on a couple of seasons, but I'm not retired and haven't been able to align that much time off

Very nice on the .452 Slayer btw! That'll get'r done, no doubt lol. I truly regret not putting in my order for one last December
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