I would concur with what springbear said; if you have never been in this country before, the steepness and size are simply incredible. springbear hit the nail on the head, the access is so limited, and the country so steep, that there tends to be a large concentration of hunters around the fly in areas, and the few roads that make there way into these areas. we did a drop camp in one of these areas, and at the trailhead, there were over 100 guys camped in walltents; at most these guys would get a mile or two in, so any area within a mile of an access area gets hammered. Just to get away from the crowds, you are looking at a 3 to 4 mile hike each day, in probably the steepest country you have ever been in.
in the area we were in, there were good numbers of whitetails lower down, so that is what most guys ended up shooting. The mule deer were also only in certain areas, other areas had almost no mule deer. I think if you have your own horses/mules, and talked to a biologist, you could get yourself into a decent area. Or, if you did a drop camp, that works well also. It is a pretty good hunt, IF, you can get to where the deer are and away from others. Unfortunately, that is usually 10 miles up at the head end of a drainage.
But, just showing up, and relying on your legs to get you where you need to be, I think you will be dissapointed.