We hunted that area last year the week before Thanksgiving, a couple of weeks after the season opened. I don't know if the bucks were picked over or what, but we only saw small bucks (spikes and forks). Does were everywhere, but the bucks were few and far between. Hunting pressure is pretty high, but if you can get away from the roads, you wont have too much competition. Closer to Sundance in the national forest it was about 50-50 mulies to whitetails, but farther north the woods gets thicker and we saw more whitetails. It is a beautiful area and a really fun hunt. I hope to make it back in a couple years.