We don't have the mountains here in Michigan, but we do have big woods. What I have found, is no matter the terrain, the sign is always the truest way to locate the deer. What I have done in the past that scored me 2 120's on big woods state land, is, find what looks like a little used trail that intersects a well used trail, anywhere from 40 -100 yards downwind of a food source. I set up 2 mock scrapes, first one about 20 yards downwind from the food source on the well used trail, and the second at the intersection of the 2 trails. The first scrape I made in SEP and freshened it frequently. And the second, I made in late OCT. When I freshened the first, I used a drag rag walking on the well used trail to the second. Set the stand 20 yards downwind of the second scrape/intersection. Got both the bucks hanging around the second (not on it), while they were winding the food source and first scrape. Again, SCOUTING is the only way to find these areas, gotta put the time in.