Idaho unit 52

Buckhunter · Aug 23, 2017

Finally after 16 years of applying me and my brother drew. We spent alot of time in the unit 10 years ago but not lately as lack of drawing success. Been out scouting 15 times between us and have only located a handfull of bucks with the biggest being 165. Getting frustrated as where to start looking. Any help would be greatly appreciated and happy hunting to all this fall

Buckhunter · Aug 29, 2017

So i have been out a few more times mainly in the southern portion of the unit by the fields on the east side of the highway and still am not finding any mature deer. Am i too low? Are they all just nocturnal with the heat or am i missing something? Any advice is welcomed thanks

judkins1 · Aug 30, 2017

Most of 52 depends on the weather. You might not see anything until Oct 24th.

Buckhunter · Aug 31, 2017

Its hard to stay motivated when you cant find anything. Im heading back out tomorrow afternoon and going to stay the weekend. Thanks for the reply i will be out almost everyday in oct especially the last week

IdahoInfidel · Sep 2, 2017

52 is not what it used to be, like judkins said late October is gonna be your best bet. I would concentrate on the thorn creek area and close to unit 45 though a lot of that is private.

Buckhunter · Sep 3, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Sep-03-17 AT 09:17PM (MST)[p]Idaholnfidel got your pm but not sure how to respond.

IdahoInfidel · Nov 1, 2017

Well buckhunter how'd the hunt go? Let's see some pics of your 52 buck!

tworivers · Nov 1, 2017

>Well buckhunter how'd the hunt go?
> Let's see some pics
>of your 52 buck
They did great!

RIP Lil Bro' "Huntnfever"

IdahoInfidel · Nov 23, 2017

I'm disappointed in you Phil. I gave you more info than I should have and you can't even share a story or a pic?

Buckhunter · Nov 27, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Nov-27-17 AT 11:37AM (MST)[p]I will get pics posted shortly when we get our bucks back from the taxi

Coyote_chaser · Nov 27, 2017

So in like a year... lol

Buckhunter · Nov 30, 2017

Here is my buck 30 3/8 wide, 197 5/8.

IdahoInfidel · Nov 30, 2017

Nice buck thanks for sharing!

7mmgilbert · Dec 1, 2017

Congrats on a great buck

Coyote_chaser · Dec 1, 2017

Great buck!

Onelegwonder · Dec 1, 2017

Way to go. Great buck!

idsharp · Dec 2, 2017

Congratulations. Great buck.

HalfAce · Dec 3, 2017

Awesome buck! Congratulations!

Did you see any other big bucks? I'm curious what you thought of your hunt after this years slower hunting after last years tough winter.

Buckhunter · Dec 3, 2017

Here is my brothers buck. He had almost 42 in of mass.
He was the heaviest buck we seen and mine was the widest. We did see lots of great deer many in the 190 to 200 range. We passed on them not realizing thier size untill we reviewed the video later in the evening's.