KC,
Got an associate that has spent the summer scouting and camping in 54. He's retired so he had the time. He has been seeing some dandy bucks. They are few, but they are there. 54 faired better than some of the other units so I've been told. Still got hammered, but a few survived. There are others here that live in the area that will have better first hand knowledge than I do but what I saw last year was shocking. Very, very disappointing.
Good luck and hope you score on a nice one.
