If you don't plan on using a quad, I'd suggest one of the September tags. I know most of the forest service gates around the Potlatch area close October 1st. While the bulls aren't rutting they're very visible during the first part of September when they still have or are rubbing their velvet. I watched a 45" bull 3/4 of the nights I sat in my tree stand for deer last year in the same clear cut. My tree stand was about 50 yards inside the timber on a major traveling route from the bedding areas to the feeding areas.
