I used to enjoy doing it in the San Juans in Colorado--too old, now. As was said, the deer are in bachelor groups and, IME, it's generally a long ways between groups. The country is beautiful, but late summer thunderstorms occur almost every afternoon. You have to pay attention to the weather because these are always accompanied by lots of lightning. We never encountered other hunters. However, several times over the years, wilderness pack trip groups set up large camps near us, moving deer that we had patterned completely out of the area.
