Cool! Congratulations! I hope you get to take that elk hunt with your father, and perhaps your fiance' will go too.

I'm an old buzzard, whose son is a big hunter (bow only nowadays!) who lives in CO. Four years ago at age 65 I got to go elk hunting with him in the White River NF about 50 miles south of Meeker. (A great place to hunt elk!!) Except for the mountain climbing, it wasn't much of a challenge at all, as he called a nice bull up to about 35 yards.......... It was so close, I was hesitant to shoot it with the 7mm Rem. Mag. I took up the hill that day!