The best thing to do is go to the area you will be hunting in talk to the locals and or the local game warden...Elk have NO set pattern that they follow all over, elk in colorada will act differently than elk in Idaho or Washinigton, elk that hang in the foothills will not act the same as elk in the high country.......elk in the high desert will be different from the elk in the low desert.....elk where I hunt prefer to hang in the rolling sage hills at 2500ft to maybe 5000ft rather than go into the steep timber......one of the biggest elk in Washington came from a elevation of about 400ft in the low desert!!!! Elk in BC will not pattern like elk in CO.