Hunted this unit is 07' non-res. was a fun hunt I spent my time along the Independent Mt range mainly because it was the most logical and I didn't have any time to scout it. The Tuscaroas, sp? were another range that I heard a lot of good things about. I didn't get over there but did make a drive North through Bull Run and up to Merrit Mt. Had heard many good things about that Mt but never did class in the Morning or evening. It was kind of wired to me, just a huge knobby looking Mt. Saw some brutes had my chance but never connected. Stay South or North of Jake's Peak it is over hunted and I think the bucks hang on the back side. This hole unit got hit hard by fire in 06' and heard is down. Hunt hard, Class a ton, and figure out how to find the deer in that country! You will over look lots of animals your first couple of times out. I wasn't used to the buck brush and acres of sage that eat up the deer once it was time to bed. Not saying that I haven't hunted large plots of sage I have but this was different because it has these huge bushed that the deer literally vanished behind them. Try the gold mine just South of Jake's Peak and the draws and canyons that are around that country. Lots of resident bucks that the Late hunt hunters kill and those aren't rut migration bucks.
