Oregonmuley,
The whitetails are relatively new to the area and seem to be increasing in number. Few people hunt them in there. You are correct some of the high country is good mule deer habitat and the outfitter talked of seeing a few toads, but as you know big high country mule deer are few and far between and a real challenge to hunt.
We spent several days up high looking for elk and I found myself looking for bedded mulie bucks, but we were pretty much covering ground looking for elk and not spending as much time glassing as I usually do.
If you consult the record book many book bucks come from Flathead county and much of the Bob is in that county.
I wouldn't mind going back and target mulies but I believe it is a low numbers game.
