My buddy drew a cow tag this last year for rifle in the Blue Mtns (by Dayton/Pomeroy). We took horses down there and he shot at one, but missed, there werent very many elk and a TON of hunters. I have shot quite a few elk where I am from just south of Olympia, we get about 100 head of elk every spring on our land, they tear everything up and state gives us a few tags to knock a few down, there are TONS of elk in that area...