Hey pup if your from Chewelah, the Deer shouldn' t be far from you, maybe get a little higher, I bagge my first Mulie 3 years ago, just out side of Rice, so they are around just tend to stay up on the mountains. Maybe you could head over Sherman pass I know there are tons of them up that way all the way down to Tonasket. Hope that will help, you shouldn' t have to drive far.
And hey If I' m coming over for Turk' s next spring I' ll shoot you a line and maybe point me in the right direction. I could' nt get one to come close enough over there this year. My buddy went to school in Chewelah and he takes me up behind the airport. We' re always in birds, just either screw up or they get pressured too much