Actually, they seem to be staying much lower than normal this year. If you are in the Spokane area, take a drive up Miles Creston road between Hwy 25 and 7 bays. You'll see some bucks thru there that will make you drool. Always hanging out around there, but not in the numbers and size I'm seeing this year. I wish I was better with a camera, some great photo ops there lately. Almost all are mulies and, as stated earlier, hanging out in "bucks only" groups.