yeah, I've heard that bit about packing out no matter what before. Like I said no offense, but you have no clue what you're getting into and you wont be ready. Get some experience under your belt, then you'll be much better prepared for it. I'll give you a good example, my wife had an elk tag. We spotted a 6x6 @ 300 B&C points. He was several miles away, and across two canyons (remember there are few roads in most elk country) I had no access to horses at the time so I didnt EVEN consider going after that bull. had he been a 330+ B&C sure we'd have gone after him.
P.S. - if you dont process your own game, start doing it for a few years before you go after that elk, it'll really help out when/if you have to bone one out. I bone my elk if they are over 15 min walk(without a pack, because you can figureat LEAST 4x as long when you have the pack on) from the road/vehicle.