From our experience, We went in several days before season opener, scouted the area, and i killed my buck in the same little pocket that my pard had seen him earlier. Yes the first day was a zoo, hard to believe that many people could be so far up and away from the trail head. And, hunters were coming over the ridge from the other side as well. After 2-3 days though, nobody around except us and the deer were again found out in the evenings and early mornings. My pard passed up lots of bucks, one was at least as good as mine because of an even bigger one that he was after. He finally took the little buck after almost 3 weeks on the mountain and it was time to come home.
All in all, if i were younger, not as busted up, and in better shape, i'd do that hunt again. It's very rough country unless you stay a bit lower, not a bad idea, and then it's mostly just steep. None of the other hunters we ran into were rude or inconsiderate, and like i said, during the middle of the week we had it to ourselves. I'd set up a hunt for the last part of the season. I'm sure it was better in the old days, so were a lot of places i know of, but i believe it's still a pretty good place to do a high country hunt in beautiful country.
Joey