The local hosting us claims he get decent bulls nearly every year. So I'm in a good situation, paying my guide in beer and leveraging extensive experience with the hunt area.

In addition to the elk take I also have a deer tag...I owe it to myself to take both guns so that if I luck out and nail the elk early, I may be able to go ML for the deer. So I'll work up an elk load and just be a little overkill on the deer if need be.

I'm pretty comfortable I can carry both. I hear now that their typical hunts are calling the bulls in pretty close, lots of timber in the area so shots are typically not real long.