I have hunted that a lot, but not for a couple years so I don't know what is permit, what is gated etc... I do know that a lot of elk do not go very far off the roads in there but rather just far enough that you can't see them.
A good place to start the day is right there in south bend. There is a road just past the catamaran yacht builder that takes you into the woods, when you get to the top of the hill there is a gate off to the right that consistently has garbage in front of it and elk behind it and a gate directly across the road that is a nice easy walk that has shown me elk about 70% of the time.
