https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/post/keys-to-consistent-success-hunting-mountain-bucks
Pretty good read there and there’s a good podcast to go along with it. Nathan has been featured on quite a few podcasts as of late and knows his stuff. Beau has some more articles on there and several podcasts that cover big timber. Another good resource is The hunting beast with Dan Infalt as he covers hill country settings. Understand how to read topo maps and you can pick terrain features by map to go scout opposed to just walking around blindly. Learning bedding up’s your chances greatly then identify the food sources that’s in the vicinity and figure out how to ambush them in between. Hunting big timber and mountainous ground is very intimidating but it’s very rewarding when you start to figure it out. And like others have said, have fun with it and if it were easy everyone would be hunting in that style.