This is my back yard.
The hunter pressure will be nothing to worry about other than around a few of the hot spots. the only pressure will be on yourself due to the short hunt, other than that you have a good tag by Oregon standards.
Elk numbers are down some but the bull ratio is good, a 300+ bull is a realistic goal but if you really want an elk don't hold out for that. hard to say what the average bull is but I'd say a raghorn, a 350 class bull is taken every now and then but not as often as in the past.the big IF in the unit is how many elk will be the private land which pretty much surrounds the unit, some years this is a major problem but there will ALWAYS be elk on the public so it's never a washout.
You're in for a fun hunt with low hunter pressure in some pretty country with plenty of access and enough elk to make it a real hunt. everything from rolling slopes chopped with roads to steep roadless canyons , open country and black timber it's all here. one bit of advice I can give you that isn't easy to accept is don't think you need to be in the baddest or most remote country to find a nice bull, maybe in second season but not in first for sure. with the light hunter pressure and huge tracts of private land the elk are always on the move and they're as apt to be on the edge of the hiway as in the wilderness. seriously.
