Red Deer is a close relation, and they freely interbreed with Elk. Red Deer are more agressive and have almost wiped out the Elk, through competition and interbreeding. Hard to find a pure Wapiti down here.
But I'm going looking in April.
Wapiti Hunting is by a Ballot system. 24 Blocks with twoXtwo week hunting slots. i.e. 48 possibilities and usually a thousand or so applications. I've been lucky enough to draw one, and can take up to 6 hunters (including myself.)onto the block over a two week period. (7-21st April.) We're intending to hunt from the base of a 52 Foot luxury yacht. Probably "Fly-Camp" over two day periods and work our way inland to the hotspots. Hit rate for Pure Elk is quite low, but there are also plenty of Reds about. So I'm looking forward to it.