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I am with BobCat on this one. Honestly, I don't understand why the wilderness areas of the Olympic Peninsula are even included in a late September "high buck hunt." (Don't get me wrong--I welcome all hunting opportunities.) Firstly, late September here is the tail-end of summer, and the autumn rains have usually not started (there is rain, just not sustained like we will see in mid-October). Second, the highest elevation that you can find in any of the areas is around 4,000' and the majority of elevations are well below that. Thirdly, the only resident deer are blacktail, and they don't start to rut until very late October. Taken together, the peninsula wilderness areas are just a late summer hunt, not a truly "high buck" hunt like you would find at 7,000' in the Pasayten.The bucks will not be cruising in late September, so if you have not scouted, then your chances of finding a buck are poor. I would strongly recommend a wilderness unit in the high Cascades, west or east.
As for the dry summer, won't that be an advantage? My theory is that deer will stay near water if there are fewer reliable places for them to drink.