I live in knott county, which is the southeast part of the state. the heard seems to be growing pretty good in numbers. the other day i counted over 70 elk before i got tired of counting. you can litterally see them whenever you want. i was driving through a place the other night where they are seen very often and there was a 7x7 standing right beside the road. i past it and then put it in reverse and backed up to it. i probably watched it for 3 min. before it took off. we were about 15 feet away from each other.