It's a prime spot for berry pickers and pot smokers. Probably a prime choice to score some good weed. And stalking is pretty quiet as all those used condoms really insulate your boots from the noisy rocks.
Back when we hunted it a lot about 4 out of five bulls we would call in would get blown out by some berry picker, shroom bucket toter or pot smoking hippy. There are a few elk in there, but we finally got tired of it and bugged out. More elk elsewhere and half the Birkenstock flappers. In recent years the Evel Knievel pedal pushers have added to the morons without a clue invading 466.
I too have seen more dead elk before season up there than many years during the season. One was a definite cougar kill, but the rest were all bulls with their antlers cut off while they were in velvet. Not many gamies in that area and I think the poachers found that out long ago. It's been a problem ever since we started hunting there back in '88 or '89.
Maybe the way the OP is planning on getting in there is better than the way we always got in there
But I'd never expect to be all alone in that unit no matter where you are.
