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And this is a surrprise to you how?? This state has sucked with the wildlife management for over 30 years..They are more into the money instead of the animals..Hunterman(Tony)
There are some nice bucks in that unit. You don't want to focus on the Matlock 800 line area. Move over to the 600 canyon river area, or up towards the spider lake area. Maybe not a quality buck hunt but it is still a good tag if you put in a lot of time. Like Polar said they are not going to standing out in the open.
Being a Monte boy I figured you would know better. It gets hit hard by the Skoks, Squaxins, tweekers, brush pickers, etc. There are some good critters in that unit but you have to work for them and you won't find them standing in a clear cut or on the side of the road. They learned early that just gets you shot at no matter what time of year. Don't give up on this state, just pick your areas and units more carefully.
Did you put in for the special permit not knowing anything about it?