Well, the 2021 hunt was short - very, very dry, and my back went out. By the end of the second day, I was having trouble moving, so we pulled out early. This year I am a bit more optimistic, but my scouting this weekend was mostly fruitless. We have had so much rain, there is food everywhere...
Last year my wife and I took a cow, and have a tag in the same unit. Only the second elk I have taken, the first was in 1992 or so. I have hunted occasionally in "futile" mode, but hunted deer extensively in the intervening years.
Last year, the night of opening day it...