Howdy,

Well, I can begin to see the light at the end of this winter's tunnel of darkness!  We did have an actual winter this year with some pretty impressive snow accumulation but it came late enough that I don't expect it to significantly harm the game populations.

I've finished up lion season since I last wrote and we wound up taking 6 lions for 7 hunters here in Idaho, one of which is an apparent Boone & Crockett qualifier.  It will get officially scored in just a few weeks but with 5/16"  of room to spare in its green score it should be no problem to make the book.  I wish we could have been 100% on the lion hunts but the one unsuccessful hunter did get to see several lions in trees and he also took a nice bobcat.  We treed a fairly small lion early in the hunt that he chose to pass on and then on another day we treed two small kittens that we were unaware were in the area.  So he did at least have some excitement.  I managed to get a bobcat myself on the last day of the season as well.  I've updated the website with all of this year's cat pictures, they're all on page 14 of the photo gallery.

Here's a quick rundown on hunt availability for the next year:

-  Spring bear '08 is fully booked.

-  Still looking for a couple '08 elk hunters.

-  Could take a couple mule deer hunters in early November.

-  The last week of November (Thanksgiving) is booked for whitetails but there are still some     openings the week prior which is also a good time.

-  Cat hunts for next winter are mostly booked but I will take up to 2 more lion hunters in         January 2009.

Well that's about all I've got to report for now.  Bear season is just around the corner so I'll probably be back in touch after that with some results for you.  Hope all's well and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Clint Gray
Buckshot Outfitting
208-267-3885
www.buckshotoutfitting.com