If you' re not then you need to be in pretty good shape for an elk hunt. Like was said above bring clothes that range from T-shirt weather to blizzard weather. IT CAN AND SOMETIMES DOES HAPPEN. Most likley it will be pretty warm for the most part and the elk will be up as high as they can get and still be in dark timber to stay cool. You need to be up high EARLY and I don' t mean by 8:00. I mean by 5:00 at least. Be there by 5:00am not just wake up by 5:00. Learn how to use a bugle and cow calls. They do work. Bring a lot of energy food that you can pack with you during the day. You will need it. Good idea to have two pair of broken in boots just in case you do get snow or one pair gets wet. Make sure that you hae all the esseentials for cleaning an elk like two knives, hatchet or bone saw, rope, game bags, etc... It is better to " tag team" the elk when calling so the elk won' t be focused on the shooter but the caller instead. Don' t worry too much about covering up your scent cause you will most likley be sweating too much for it to matter any way.

If I think about anything else I' ll post again.

Good luck!