2crow,
Used to run all over that area on my dirt bike, Kelso Valley, Dove Springs, Jawbone Cyn, etc.
When I stopped riding in the desert, I hunted the Piutes a few times, never had any luck tho.
There are other pockets of Sequoia N. F. you can look at.
Where you think they're not, there they are![sometimes]
Good luck.
