Well I just got back from a 16 mile backpack trip, which was also used to scout for the upcomming high buck season.  My brother and I went in to Jade Lake in Necklace Valley, located off highway 2 up the Foss river.  We didn't see a dang thing.  We also talked to a group of youth corps people that were doing trail repairs and they said that they had been up there for 2 weeks, are far back as 11 miles, and saw 1 bear.  That was it.  Anyone have any other places that are a bust so we can avoid them?  I am not asking where you all are hunting, just what places have been a bust in the past or so far this year.