My hunt was actually tough this year. I saw and passed a wide 185"ish deer the first night, saw one other 30" 175" buck, and then my buck in 5 days. Not too hot for one of Idaho's better units. Two prominent hunters in that unit didn't kill bucks for the first time in a long time this year.
The general was good because those deer were still in the OTC units when the snow hit late and they were rutting. Would have been a good year to hunt the LE borders and the migration transition zones.
BTW, I've been on a few of those tough hunts and they wear on you mentally. I went 5 days without seeing a buck on one hunt and then saw several 180" plus bucks in one day.