Idaho is a number of different places. I can't say how the surveyor job market is in any of them, though.
Southern ID is much drier and higher. Summer humidity can be as low as 10 to 15%. 90F is a lot more livable that way. Higher doesn't necessarily mean steeper, though. North ID has it's share of vertical stuff. Being drier means lots more sagebrush and more open country. In the south, mulies are more prevalent while the north has more whitetails. The ranges overlap considerably, though.
Hunting in the south half gives lots of opportunity to sit and glass for miles. The north has much more timber and brush so hunting styles are different.
Much of the elk hunting in the south is by lottery while in much of the north tags are OTC. Exceptions abound.
For draw hunts, ID has no point system so your odds of drawing are the same as everyone else's every year. However, if you don't draw, a little more driving will put you in an open deer or elk hunt somewhere every year. There's no reason to miss an elk or deer season because you didn't draw. We have open hunts with very good game populations so missing out on a draw doesn't reduce your odds of scoring.
