An Upland Paradise - William Borah Wildlife Refuge, Idaho (Minimap Suggestion)

[agile harness]

Welcome to Idaho! Here you’ll find some of the best upland game hunting in North America, alongside a variety of small game and waterfowl species. In this small wildlife refuge, named for one of Idahos most famous residents, William Borah, you’ll find a variety of environments such as forests, marshes, hills, and sagebrush plains, with Idahos “Big 9” upland game roster being the main attraction.
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Species list:

Returning Species:

Green-Winged Teal (C1)
Goldeneye (C1)
Dusky Grouse (C1)
Snow Goose (C1)
Ring-Necked Pheasant (C1)
White-Tailed Jackrabbit (C1) (Remodel)
Coyote (C2) (MAJOR Remodel)

New Species:

Hungarian Partridge (C1)
Chukar (C1)
California Quail (C1)
Mountain Quail (C1)
White-Tailed Ptarmigan (C1)
Ruffed Grouse (C1)
Spruce Grouse (C1)
Sharp-Tailed Grouse (C1)
Greater Sage-Grouse (C1)
Redhead (C1)
Canvasback (C1)
Specklebelly Goose (C1)
Yellow-Bellied Marmot (C1)
Kit Fox (C2)
American Badger (C2)
North American Porcupine (C2)
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Reserve Weapon: .17 HMR

The .17 HMR is a great weapon for shooting Rabbits, Ground Dwelling Birds, and other small “varmints” up to the size of Bobcats. It is a great option for any small game hunter.
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[agile harness]

The maps species list will be updated if any species are added with this new map

[marsh bay]

If we get an idaho map i want it full sized. It's to good of a location for a Mini-Map imo.

[agile harness]

Tbh I just don’t really see a point to a full sized Idaho map. Theres no new big game we could get. Yes, it’s a super varied state, but personally, being from there, I could really only see it being a Mini-Map.

[marsh bay]

I don't get caught up in only having new big game. If it's a map that has a great line up of species I like to hunt in a new location while adding a little something new and fresh is just fine to me.

[gritty dock]

This would be a good way to get a wide variety of North American Upland Game and a few new smaller mammals. The "Big 9" could also be a name of both a multi-mount and a mission for this map

For another smaller mammal I would like to suggest the Yellow-bellied Marmot/Rockchuck, marmots in general are one group of small game animals I wish to see on either a future North American Map (Would be cool to see some on the Alberta map) or future Asian Map

[agile harness]

How could I forget about these little fellas! Marmots are everywhere here, they’d make for a great species on this map and perhaps a backfill to SRP could be in order.

I also wish to see more of them on future maps or as backfills on old maps, specifically I’d like to see:

• Himalayan Marmots on Sundarpatan
• Alpine Marmots on both Cuatro and Hirschfelden
• Hoary Marmots on Yukon
• Groundhogs on NEM and Mississippi

[cedar atlas]

Would like to really see them makes some tweaks to pointer Dogs and Upland bird AI ...

Pointers need to hunt faster and hold point longer .... Birds (especially quail) still spook too soon not allowing the dogs and hunters to get in position.....

[marsh bay]

You got to change the Whitetail to Stone Sheep and the Cottontail to Wolverine and your spot on 👍 I would add Grizzly as well

[real ingot]

Then you'd have me to

[agile harness]

Anybody have any other small game suggestions for the map?

[opal mango]

I think Coyotes would be a good addition to this map. That gives us the possibility of getting a rework for them, which is very much needed.

[agile harness]

You’re probably right, Coyotes would be good but only if they get a remodel

[crimson hatch]

Porcupine and Sandhills would both fit well imo

[eternal thorn]

A mini map for Idaho with upland birds is great

[agile harness]

Sandhills were a species I thought of but wasn’t sure about adding seeing as my vision for the map doesn’t have farmland, where they usually are found (also the reason I didn’t add Canada Geese), but Porcupines are definitely a species I would love to see. More small game like that is always welcome in my book. (Sandhills Cranes are still a species I really want, I just feel they’d fit better on a map like NEM or Mississippi Acres).

[gritty dock]

Yukon Valley would work too since they can be hunted in Alaska

[agile harness]

True, I just don’t know where they could go on Yukon. Along the river?

[gritty dock]

The video I saw where one got hunted took place in a wetland area so I guess that big wetland area would be a good place for sandhills

[agile harness]

I have added Mountain Quail as a new species. They cannot actually be hunted in Idaho, but they are found in the state and I think they look cool.

[elder sand]

Its a crime that we dont already have chukar

[gritty dock]

Sundarpatan would have been a good map to give us Chukar

[inner hinge]

I’ll definitely take this map

But let North America wait for a while.. give us Africa and more maps in other continents first…..

[agile harness]

This would be a mini map, but I think other continents (frankly South America more than anything) needs more full size maps.

[wintry light]

It's a pity that Idaho does not (apparently) have prairie dogs, but it sounds like a great mini-map!

[agile harness]

Yeah unfortunately there’s no prairie dogs here but we got our whistle pigs (yellow bellied marmots)

[agile harness]

What the map would look like in game, courtesy of @gritty dock . Range maps coming soon