Salty if your going to hunt Manastash in september it will be crowded around Buck Meadows and Quartz Mountain. Use this to your advantage, coming up Manastash ridge before you drop down into Buck Meadows there will be a spur road to the left at the top of the hill. Take this road until you get into the first draw that you see with the creek in it. You can either hike up this draw or go to the end of the road and loop around back into it. I used to deer hunt this unit and spent most of my time trying not to get run over by elk being pushed down from the guys above. The further up the draw you get the better, less pressure and more graze. The timberline at the end of the road can be good at times but I would concentrate my efforts up the draw. One word of caution watch out for cats there's lots of them.