With substantial populations of elk on private holdings, including large ranches and reservations owned by native Americans:

How does this influence your hunting elk out west?
It pushes more people onto the public land and then the elk are even more wary

Would you pay to hunt trophy elk?
As long as it was a free ranging wild elk, you betcha!

If planning a hunt on public or private land, which hunt do you feel you would enjoy more?
Depends on who was with me, it could go either way.

If booking or planning your elk hunt, which states in order would you like to hunt?
Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah

What would prevent you from hunt elk in the states you selected, lack of knowledge of putting a hunt together, finances, health issues, other?
Lack of time mostly, money is no problem

With regard to elk habitat, would you know what elk feed on in the season that you would plan to hunt?
Yes, I have grown up most of my life in elk country and I love to read the Bugle so I benefit from the experience of others as well.