All the places you mention are awesome area for Mulies. Hat Creek is my personal favorite though, i have only shot one deer up in there it was a 23" 4x3, but a good buck for me as i was 15 at the time. I like heading up right past all the ranches, i know a trail that leads right up to the alpine, and thats the best place for big ones. I missed a good buck up there last november, i called him in by raking an antler on scrub brush, he snook up behind me, and i was right on tree line, and as i shot he headed behind a tree, and i guess i hit the tree or it was a clean miss. I know in the summer a lot of people see some monster bucks all over the valley, i heard from a guy my dad works with that there was a 180" buck hanging around the ranches. I have a lot of pictures of hat creek and i can post them if you would like to see them.
Scotty creek gets really over hunted, the natives head up there year round and keep the deer skitish. Its just like the finney chip fsr up the hat crk valley, if you drive up there when theres snow, you will be lucky to see a single deer track because the natives dont give the deer a chance. But if you head back more, you will run into more and more deer.
Have a good christmas!