Did this with a similar thread I made this year about a unit I drew in NV, updated after the hunt because when I'm searching forums for info it seems like these kind of threads rarely show the result and I always wish they would.
First off, a really big thanks to several guys on here who reached out with PM's, texts, phone calls. I was able to gather some good info going in and hopefully sent some useful info a few guys way in return as well. Always nice to get help from fellow hunters who have some experience in an area and are willing to share.
My dad and I had a great time in 22. My older brother also made it out for the hunt as well as a good buddy, very fun week! Weather wasn't great (well pretty great for comfort, not so much for deer movement) with high's in the 50's or even 60's. No snow. Hunting pressure was CRAZY. I was told to expect it so went in knowing there'd be other guys, but between buck hunters, doe hunters, and elk hunters it was really almost unbelievable how many people were around. Utah general season can be rough, this was twice as bad seemed like! That said, definitely felt like very few were getting off the roads at all. Tons of roads in the unit and I'm sure you can whack a buck from the road if you drive around for a week, but we did what we could to get away from the roads (not easy to do, literally a road on every ridge seems like) and didn't have to go far to find deer that weren't being hassled by other hunters.
We saw 10-15 bucks a day, many of which were dinks, but did find some good bucks. Nothing giant, but solid deer that we were happy to hunt.
My dad's buck we may have overjudged a bit, he looked pretty good from a long ways off and not quite as good once we got our hands on him but regardless a pretty buck and he was happy. A big reason we chose this unit was to hunt together in an area he could access and it worked out perfectly for that. Didn't shoot the deer from the road but he's 68 and got there just fine.
Had a super fun morning chasing my buck around for almost 4 hours as he checked every doe in the canyon (some multiple times), just running like crazy trying to dog him and keep up. Lost him a couple times in thick stuff, but kept turning him back up and eventually he found a doe he liked which let us get in position and eventually get a tight shot after some tense moments. So much fun! Won't score, but a super cool old buck.
Stayed and extra day because we didn't want to go home and ended up with a nice bonus find, matched set from a nice buck.
