Belfair is a small town surrounded by very dense woods (as you note) typified by thickets of rhododendron, huckleberry - while the huck is only a three feet high, the rhododendron can be up to 10. All that intertwines alder, Doug fir, hemlock and some cedars, the occasional yew - mostly second and third growth. Further on up the road to the north past Tahuya there are extensive Christmas tree farms. Deer and bear are plentiful, as are the salmon in the fall. Just a few miles away is the Olympic National Park and Forest.
Lived there for 8 years in the woods never saw any big feet.
We are about halfway between Shelton and Allyn.