Thanks for your service! It's a wonderful thing being out of the Army and retired. Hunting and Happiness will grow in leaps and bounds. Congrats! You know ID has a pretty good DAV license/tag fee program for DAV. You should come up and hunt.
Good luck, hope your next trip produces what your hunting for. Other hunters can be both good and bad out there during the hunt. Do you expect to see more hard horned bigger bucks vs when they still have velvet?
The last two years I have hunted 39 the last week of the season. Same area both years, difference was in deer and bucks seen and number of people. I saw no other hunters and about 100 deer the first year, including one buck.
Last year I saw 9 people, in 5 different groups. 3 of the groups shot...