The answer is simple. First do all the scouting you can do from maps. It's not hard to find areas that elk will be if you know what to look for. That part can be learned from home too. Lots of info is available now.

Then when you get here you have some idea where you want to go. It's a 9 day hunt. Spend the first 3-4 days scouting, and then go hunt.

I did this with my dad in the 50's, and the maps in those days weren't close to what's available now. Even so, we got an elk the first year.

It can be done, but it takes some effort. The last thing i'd ever do is let someone else do my hunt. How can there be any satisfaction in that?