Rub it in FG - I wish I was out there with you. I've been on 3 elk hunts so far and have yet to drop the hammer. I could have taken cows and spike bulls but was looking for something a little bigger. My friend shot a 4x4 last year and we split the $ for butchering and man if I'd have know that elk meat was that delicious those cows and spikes would have been in some big trouble.
I don't know when I will get out again. Maybe next year. (Keeping my fingers crossed). I love the countryout west. I've been to Idaho, Montana, andOklahoma. I enjoy just sitting out on a clear night and doing some star gazing.