cam,

[If you are going after archery elk, then I'll leave it to the archer's to fill you in on camo.]
If you are going after high power rifle elk, especially on public land, then IMHO it is a whole different story....

** Your first elk hunt will be expensive, just is, so put your "new camo" dollars into something else.... hunter orange is your (cheap) friend!
** If you have warm clothes that keep you happy in the duck blind or for pheasants or for deer while on stand, then use them instead.

Places to make sure you have covered (and perhaps put your camo money into...) [this list could go on forever, but....]

** Fair size back pack (w/hip belt)that can hold all your clothes when you are steamed up plus food, water, and overnight kit.
** Camel back and auxillary water reservoir and a water filter of some sort. Not drinking enough water can end your hunt early [as in day two you are too sick to hunt]. You wanna be peeing like a race horse. Force it. Drink lots. That requires lots of..... water.
** If you do traditional field dressing get something heavy duty for spliting the sternum and the pelvis. (LITE weight hatchet) (also take a field sharpener, the two little ceramicchris-crossrods in a plastic handle for ~$10 is super)
** $20-$30of high quality game bags (6: one each quarter, one backstraps & tenderloins, one for miscelaneous [rib carvings etc.]) with HEAVY cordage (90-100 pound load) so you can hang it in the shade of a tree.
** Resole your cold weather "snow" boots if they dont still have their "sharp" edge for traction --- it's typically slopey country and if it snows is is slick slopey country. Warm weather, then light is key and not necessarily "hunting boots."
** First Aid, if no kit then just one thing --- something that canhandle asignificant cut. Your first time field dressing an elk is rife with potential, be careful. (part roll of duct tape). The two most common hunting injuries in the Craig Colorado emergency room is "cut above eye" and "cut to left hand".
** Basic GPS and compass

There you go, everything but camo, but I wouldn't trade the above for camo on a high power hunt. If you just gotta have it and have the budget then, IMHO"Predator" --- nicely in tune to Colorado elk woods.
BTW, application deadline is April 4, 2006.... typically better than over the counter IMHO.