Not sure if you use it or not, but I highly recommend OnXMaps. Just drop it on your phone and be sure to download the maps for the area before you head out - incase you lose cell signal (shouldn't ever lose the GPS signal unless your phone sucks). It's an awesome app for planning your hunt path and marking rubs, etc... The Topo layer shows the creeks and elevations to make your planning easier and it clearly marks private lands vs. public lands/hunt zones. And any planning you do on your desktop with it just loads up on the phone app. Well worth the $30/year for a single state and a hell of a lot cheaper to use your phone GPS with customizable maps than some other hand held GPS.
Once you are out there you certainly may "go off plan" while following the signs but as a general rule I always print out a hard copy of my "planned" hunting route and leave it at home - that way if I don't show back up the fam has something to give to the GWs to give them an idea on where the hell I was going :P 162,000 acres is a lot of search area, best to narrow that down if something bad happens.
I actually just recently marked up the entire SHNF on OnXMaps and that area you looking at was one of my planned areas as well.
Plan ahead, be safe and good luck!
Thanks for the recommendation! I have a fair amount of backpacking and backcountry camping experience, so I have a garmin GPS and some Topo maps I printed off. I’ll check out OnX though, may be nicer than lugging my gps with me. My wife also gets a list of locations and check in times, or she’d never let me go by myself! That came in very handy in the Tetons for us so we have the system down pretty good.
Given how thick the brush is, would you recommend a scoped .308 or a slug gun? I like both but I’m thinking if it’s anything like a Louisiana swamp where I shot my last pig, iron sights are the way to go.