Good luck RockyMtn, check the rules, but bears will gobble your Elk gut pile. Ive chased bear off White-Tail gut piles & Moose gut piles, if you can hunt mast crops or berry patches, i don't see the difference in hunting gut piles as they were not put there for the bear? But like i said check the rules about that, but the gut pile will get the Bruins attention if they're in the area.