In my opinion you have to be a pretty good elk hunter to have success in a drop camp. I don't know what your level of expierence is, but if your a beginning elk hunter I think you are throwing your money away. Keep in mind you will be dropped into an area that you haven't scounted, and you are unfimiliar with. Perhaps your entire hunt will be spent locating elk, and little time will be spent actually hunting them. Secondly, keep in mind that most outfitters that do drop camps also offer guided hunts. If your an outfitter, are you going to put drop camp hunters or fully guided hunters in the best areas? Outfitters have their guides scouting were the guided hunts are going to be, not where the drop camp hunts are, so at best they will say the elk "could" be here or there. Finally, just because your going to the interior of a wilderness, it doesn't necessarily gaurantee success, or that the elk will even be there, or that they will be responsive.