Bone is Correct.
X7A....every time and ALL DAY LONG.
I Hunted it and compared it to many years of X3b, X3a, X6...etc..and loved X7A. I felt like kicking myself for never thinking about it. You can Scout by Boat or on foot. There are endless back country areas to hike into. I seriously doubt most guys go a foot back into these areas. On some scouting trips I stayed at Boomtown and got back into X7a long before dawn.
It is so diverse that I would bring two Rifles. One for long Range and a short Range 30-30 type for deep timber. There are Mule Deer from Nevada if Snow hits. They migrate into X7A. California stopped doing a Deer survey because of funds and the Nevada Deer Herds "They didn't want to count as California Deer".
I found this survey data via a Nevada Deer Herd Survey Report. I don't have "That" link but it should be easy to find. I never knew how many, in large numbers, Nevada Mule Deer there is, that walks into X7A.
But the above is late season plus dependant on snow to get the truly big, 25"+ Bucks, into the area. However, that said, the resident Bucks are no slouch. Some massive Bucks are in there. If you have a Wife and Children, they can camp by the Lake's and you go scouting. Just park anywhere on a mountain side and start hiking in. It is a large area. Map size does not tell the size.
I have Cattlemen Friends up in the X3a,b & X6 areas who used to be PISSED, that they can't draw a tag for their own Ranch. But, those herds have been hit by issues. I would be wrong to say Blue Toung or Droughts. But the Bucks we used to see, just are not there anymore. They have Alfalfa fields and at 1am when it's time to move water lines, they used to scare off large numbers of Deer feeding, NO More. These men go up into the mountains on round-ups and still, no Bucks as once before.
Another issue is State prison Inmates from Susanville Prison plus Citizens who are against Animal Cruelty ( * ), are out in the X3A,B Sage (Desert) and I have watched Does and Bucks freak and run until their toungs hang out. See Below link:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Convicts-and-Mustangs-Up-in-the-high-desert-at-2987727.php
I have Zero Points and physically can't go up into any such area. I have given you everything I know. This is up to date data but other experienced men may have different experiences and or, local contacts. Free advice is just that.
( * = I have been very close to the wild Horses. Their Hoof's curl up like in a gross way. Normal Horses have their Hoofs trimmed then shoe's affixed. Their rib cage bones show dramatically and some are sick. Nothing like Walt Disney Films. I'm not a vet so, I'm simply explaining what I saw many times over many decades).