Murdoc,
Alton, Ensign, and Deseret are the most well know units for quality and price. They take a lot of points to draw and lots of money to buy.
Choosing the right cwmu for you takes quite a bit of time to sort through them all. Not sure if you looked already but there is info on dwr website to help. I suggest doing what I did a few years ago to pick your unit. Go to the dwr website and go to the big game page. Click on the link to harvest stats and print off the most recent harvest stats(2014). Start a process of elimination by crossing off units that don't meet your criteria. You can get a feel for the unit based on avg. days hunted vs. success rate. You can also cross off units that you think have to many or not enough tags, when I did it I crossed out every unit with only one tag. I only kept units that had a tag available in the bonus round. I also crossed out units with a lot of tags, I could be wrong but I felt like those units where more about removing deer than producing trophy quality.
Once you've narrowed it down on what units your still interested in then compare your list to the 2015 draw odds, available on the same page of the dwr website. Units that took a lot more points to draw than you have could be eliminated also because they will likely be out of your price range also. Units that have extremely low applicant numbers likely have a reason(poor quality, low deer numbers, past issues with the operator, etc.)and can be eliminated.
Doing those two steps will narrow down your search dramatically. You can then look at maps on the dwr page to get a feel for the lay of the land to determine if the unit has tough to get to places like you mentioned. Again eliminating units that don't meet your criteria. Once your to that point get the operators' phone numbers off the dwr website and talk to them. Get a feel for the type of operation they run. Some are great and will help you out and others will brush you off hoping to discourage you from putting in so they can improve the odds for their friends to draw. The best way I found to avoid that issue was to first ask about everything as if you were interested in buying a tag, then once you've had that talk let them know you are also considering putting in for the hunt in the draw. That way your honest with the operator and if you decide to put in for the tag in the draw instead of buying one you have a better feel for what to really expect during your hunt.
Hope this helps you out. If you do these steps you'll go into your hunt knowing what to expect and what NOT to expect. I think a lot of the bad wrap cwmu's get is from hunters not doing their due diligence and then when they draw they have unrealistic expectations and demands.
