Very little public land down low where the deer wil be, what little there is will be on the west side. There is a ton of hunters in this unit and a lot of them use horses to get where thay are going. It's not unusual to see groups of 20-30 hunters in one camp. This unit is really overhunted for deer and don't pass up a buck. In 9 days hunting I only saw 2 bucks in 05'on public or private land, compared to another unit in 06 where I passed up 30 bucks and saw probably a total of 50-55 including private land bucks. Elk seemed to be a totally different story. Real easy unit to fill a cow tag and maybe a decent chance at a bull. The idea of hiking away from roads to get away from pressure doesn't work here, there were people EVERYWHERE! Good luck, but I would strongly suggest finding another unit.