Well, I do know that the middlefork area is the area where we're gonna be heading to. After that, I believe there's 3 areas stacked north to south that we were looking at. Forgive me for not knowing more, but I'm (this hunt anyway) the tag along hunter. My deer hunting partner and his father in law are the ones setting everything up. I do know that they already purchased their elk tags and hopefully (if work allows) I'll be purchasing mine soon. Why Oct.? That's all I could get for vacation time. Is that a bad time of year for elk or for Idaho? Hopefully you guys can fill me in on a little more. Technique this time of year? Hope to get some more info for you Jason you were the one I figured would respond to this.