We hunted last year and it was very dry. Stay close to the water and you'll see deer. Look for fresh tracks and you may want to do some pre scouting. We saw a lot of small fork horned deer and several small ones hanging in the camps. I went the last weekend thinking that things would be cooler and not to have to fight the crowds. The deer had no intention of moving down there that soon. It was an abnormal year on the Bab and foothills last year. I would recommend hunting the later part of your tag. The mountain was basically to oursleves. We saw an ocassional hunter here and there, but a lot of the camps moved out.
A few years ago, we had the later hunt and we saw lots of 22 to 25 inch four points. One around every corner, but never saw a monster. The weather got bad and we only had a couple days to hunt.