Sheep Hunting Help

[RussAlexander21]

I am seeking some help regarding hunting sheep in the 400's on over-the-counter tags. (Yes, I am a sucker for pain lol)

To clarify, I am NOT asking for your specific hunting locations. I just don't personally know anyone who can show me the ropes with this type of hunt and am taking the task on solo, so looking for some advice from anyone willing to give it or point me in the right direction.

Long story short, I have taught myself to hunt the last few years and managed to get deer and bears in the freezer but am now looking for the next challenge. Thus far, I have found the WMU's I can legally hunt sheep in without winning the draw lottery, picked up maps, and prioritized the WMU's based on what I was able to find in the online harvest reporting and the aerial ungulate surveys.

My main question would be, outside of simply driving out there and scouting (which I intend on doing at the beginning of August as much as possible given gas prices) how do you guys generally know where to go and how do you know if you will even have access? For example, when asked about hunting spring black bears you will often hear guys say stuff like "Head North and look for fresh grass in cut lines, use old lease roads to get around" etc. is there this type of advice when it comes to sheep and physically getting within range of them and not accidentally in a national park or something? To clarify, I do not have a horse or quad, but I do have a capable 4x4 truck and proper camping gear for the climate, and a high level of fitness when it comes to rucking up the side of a mountain.

Thanks in advance for any help, and apologies to anyone I offended by even asking this question as I have found on this forum there are always a few.

Also, if this question has already been asked on this thread it would be appreciated if you could point me in that direction, I tried to look but the only threads I saw were guys basically asking for exact hunting locations from others or a how-to-guide that involved asking for almost everything other than how to pull the trigger. Again, I am just looking for general advice you might give a buddy who wants to take a crack at hunting sheep and not waiting for the lottery system.