I wouldn't be going on the "special" hunt. It would be mid week and guided. That many hunters there at the same time...I bet the animals just sit tight all weekend and wait for all the hunters to go home. Found quite a few people on TBH that go every year and really enjoy it. Most of the bad reviews are from people that went when 20-50 guys were there hunting the DIY "special" with trucks/atv's driving everywhere...usually bow hunting also, since it's cheaper.
Guys defend the place like it was their own. And the ones that go year after year know the better pastures, line up early at the gate and do get an animal or two. But having forty hunters in camp, a couple axis doe and maybe a buck killed, and most everyone else not even seeing one is not a good deal to me. And I prefer archery hunts so price is not the deciding factor for me.