Griffin,
No problem, I probably didn't tell you anything you didn't already know.
As for people being tight lipped, you'll notice that I didn't reveal MY honey holes.
Like I said, that Lewis River unit is a decent bet.
We used to hunt it regularly and pulled out bullls.
True story,
Back in the day late 70s and 80s we didn't have much for scouting tools.
We would get the Weyco and Gifford Pinchot FS maps, a case of beer and some smoke.
My buddy and I would pour over those maps till we found the perfect spot on paper.
We would then spend $75 on gas, more beer and more smoke.
Drive up to the area and scout it out.
Sometimes we found the area promising, mostly not.
We did this for years and eventually had a number of places to hunt.
When we were looking at the maps we were searching for areas that had access with a sizable expanse away from the roads.
Of course we didn't have the means of buying 7.5' quads for an area prior to scouting.
So, we would figure out the areas we liked and then bought the maps we wanted.
All this lead us to areas which had game but much of which was inaccessable.
So we would hunt these Godawful canyons and sometimes shoot elk in places that we regretted.
My dad and I hunted with a guy who never got far from the road.
Pete would look at a canyon and state that there was no he would pack and elk out of that hole.
My dad'sresponse was this, we havn't shot the damn elk yet, Rob will pack it out!
Anyways,
Good Luck!
Rob.
