I'm south of you in Oregon but it sounds like similar country to what I'm hunting this year on a leftover archery tag. It's a new area to me but I have had decent 3 opportunities within 40yds that didn't work out for one reason or another. The biggest struggle has been a lack of glassing areas and no real spot and stock opportunities due to the terrain. It's been a game of still hunting through areas I've seen bucks while scouting or driving into hunting area. Find areas with good sign, rubs, trails, buck tracks, then try to work those areas as the wind allows, Its seems a little more like hunting black tail than what I'm used to for mule deer.
Definitely seeing more deer at certain elevation bands as well. At least where I'm hunting there are a couple of pretty distinct plant transitions as you go up in elevation, where plant communities become much more diverse, then thin out above and below. It's those areas as well as a burn at prime age slightly lower elevation that have had the most deer.
