Late Buck Idaho Unit 41

[HighCountryComando]

Anyone know why there were so few deer in Unit 41 this year? Was there a big winter kill?

 

[Elkhunter17]

From my experience it's not a very good hunt. Too many two point hunters killing off the potential big bucks. Drew the tag a couple times thinking there had to be a big deer out there and there simply wasn't. Everyone I talked to had similar experiences. All the people from bruneau I've talked to said the two point hunt hurts the deer potential big time. It's a shame the fish and game won't close the two point hunt because there could be some huge deer in that unit but the buck numbers aren't there because they all get shot before maturity.

 

[Tikka]

It's funny you say that killing the youngsters is hurting the unit.,, there's a similar post going on about spike hunts in the books, there's a few claiming it has no effect on the herd/older bull population...

 

[judkins1]

I used to hunt 41 and had great success 15 to 20 years ago. Now it is terrible. Whatever it is two point hunting, hard winters, or poaching they need to stop hunting the unit for awhile.

 

[Alwayshunting]

Seemed like I was seeing decent bucks everywhere I turned in 41 in mid November. Of course we were looking for elk. Wished more than once I'd had a deer tag handy...

 

[embr]

It doesn’t matter where you go to hunt anymore because It’s all hunted out and it doesn’t help that everybody from other states are coming in and hunting out the elk, white tail, mule and pronghorn.

 

[Moe]

Well, evil nonresi only gets up to 10%. So in state folks are wrecking the unit 90% more than the nr. I agree with the old posts, quit killing the disks, let em grow up.

 

[embr]

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