npaden

P.S. - Utah, New Mexico and Arizona all have great reputations for trophy elk but they are generally considered to be even harder to draw for than the big 4 elk states I mentioned above. They may have better odds if you go with an outfitter but I've never looked into that. Nevada also has huntable elk populations as well as Washington and Oregon and I believe North and South Dakota. Of course Alaska and Canada have huntable elk populations as well.

Another interesting thing is that some of the Eastern states are really coming on with huntable elk populations on public land. Pennsylvania and Kentucky have huntable elk populations and from what I understand it is real hunting on public land, not like hunting on a game ranch or something like that.