I may already know the answer to my question but I want to ask anyway. We are headed to Colorado to scout our area for elk hunting, 1st season rifle. We hunted this area last year and found a spot that looks promising. The area had fresh scat, rubs and tracks during season but we didn’t see any elk. They were there, or at least they were, but we had a few things working against us. Wind kept switching direction, the ground was noisy beyond belief and we weren’t very familiar with the lay of the land. So now my question is. When scouting, what are your primary objectives for elk? I hunt deer every year but I read elk are not like deer in the sense that they travel miles together and may not frequent the same area for months. We intended to mark all signs with GPS, put it all together when we got home, and then decide a game plan from there. Is it better to mark actual sign months in advanced or mark areas that “look good”? Assuming I know what a “good looking” area is for elk. How do you approach scouting for elk? What’s your main goal? Solitude? Sign? Resources for the elk? Etc?Thanks in advanced!