Someone will say it so I will - watch out for gumbo, if it rains you can get in big trouble quickly.
It’s no joke. You better have really good mud tires.
Been there done that!
Chains 👍
Chains seemed to make it worse.
I have 4WD with front and rear lockers.
And I assumed I could crawl my way out of that crap with chains 10 or so years ago.
I was wrong.
Here's my helpful hint:
(might not work on your hunt timing)
I deer hunted over in those exact units for several year.
Never elk hunted, but ran into a few guys with elk tags most years (just a few).
The deer hunters (me included) were perfectly willing to share real time intel on where we were seeing elk while deer hunting.
Hope that helps.