I hunted it three times twice x10 and once G38 - zero deer taken - did pass on forkies. There is a discussion on Rokslide about G38/x10, which is basically what most of the online advice is and I found to be true (I hunted during severe drought years), which is = Stay on the western side of the unit - I did not. They are not going to migrate back unless there is an early winter with consistent storms. Go up high. I have hunted the border between D8 and X10 (western side) and have found some good sized deer (tried to catch up to a nice 4x4 and 3x3 last year).
Now there are exceptions, I did some summer scouting near Olancha peak and saw a nice 3x3. A few years after I hunted X10, I was quail hunting off the 395 near where we would head up for deer hunting - ran into a guy who , with his father, claimed they shot two deer (4x4s) on the desert side up at about 7000 ft. Later, while quailing', my buddy's son found two sheds - one 4 point and one 3 point. Take a bear tag. Be mindful of cats.
