I see your from WA and as you know WA had some good blacktail hunting. I'm not sure where to go in WA but down in Oregon I know of a few grewat places to hunt. If you rifle hunt i will sugest going to sounthern oregon near medford. the terrain isnt to bad and its a little bit more open. If you bow hunt i would say up in the santiam unit in the late season when the bucks are rutting. The woods are pretty thick but when the bucks are rutting you can draw them out of the jungles and get a good shot. this past season we saw a lot of great bucks my dad had a great chance at a nice 4x4 but blew it. If you need more info feel free to PM me.

I wish I could tell you where to find a "quality" backtail hunt. I can tell you where to find a blacktail, but when you add the word "quality", it changes things a lot.  I live in prime blacktail habitat but all too often, they are not what you would call a wallhanger. 

I did see one taken this year just a few miles from my home, and only a couple of miles out of town.  I have hunted them a limited amount but find they are one tough little rascal to hunt.  The buck I saw this last fall should come close to making book.  He was within five miles of Blaine, just off a well traveled road.  But big ones like that are few.

Without a guide, any areas between I-5 and Mt. Baker will hold blacktail.... finding the big ones is the problem.  But then, you hunt mule deer and finding the big ones of those is a challenge too.