Here in oregon its easy to get the tag (except they keep getting more expensive) And there are lots of places to go hunt them. I got my first one this year ( A smaller sized cow) But arhcery is the way to go for them cause general season you can hunt just about all of oregon without a controlled tag, the woods arent over ran, and you get about a month to hunt them. Rifle hunters only get one week. From a friday to friday. And I heard that is going to get shorter also. And I very much love living here with so much game to hunt from a ten minute drive (deer not elk) to a 2.5 hour drive is all I go to get what I want. I never want to live anywere else except for maybe alaska