Even though it's aggravating to have landlocked public lands we have to do our best to respect private property rights. Hunters can get a bad image if we feel we can trespass through areas to get where we want.
That’s a tough one. As a fellow eastern Washington guy, I love hunting the scablands as well. If you get the chance to hunt the last weekend of deer season though, I’d probably lean towards elk scouting. How many days of elk hunting have you allotted?