idaho unit 39 hunters

Hello guys,
I am taking my farther inlaw deer hunting this year. He lives in Boise and I was going to take him to unit 39.
I hunt up north and pack in for a few days, he is not up for that. He can hike about a mile and is just looking for a buck, fork or bigger just wants to put some meat in the freezer. I have no Idea where to start any help will be great.
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Time has told me that anything around Boise gets hammered! I'd go farther away if it were me.. but you never know.. you may jump a forky opening morning!
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Hey,,

I live in Boise. Its true all the foothills around boise get hammered. If you can only road hunt i would wait until the last few days of the season oct 29-31. Drive towards Atlanta along arrowrock resevoir. Theres lots of deer, they usually stay a mile or so from the road. There lots of old closed logging roads. Take a walk. There always a few BandC contenders that come out of unit 39. Lots of hunters, but lots of deer. Fish and game counted 25,000 deer wintering in the hills around boise,,, yes thats correct 25,000. I'm sure you can find forkie or better, if you don't mind the crowds.
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Cool thanks for the tip. Yeah I am not sure how far back we can go he's getting up there in age and now on a few medications that limit his movment, but he really wants to go after a mule deer. He did a lot of hunting as a kid and has not been in some time and snice he had two grils that where not into hunting he has had no one to go with, so I ll see if I can get him to pull the triger on one.

Thanks
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Hunt up around Prarie... Theres plenty of deer up there up to a mile from the road and you will see quite a few forks... Good luck!
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