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In my experience, knowing an area is very important. Plan to hunt an area for a couple years. The holes where you’ll find the elk may not be that large. If it’s easy to get to, there are likely no elk there. More random thoughts:

Tipi tents with a stove are incredible. I wouldn’t consider not having mine from 1st season on. I learned the hard way.

Good boots, that you KNOW are not going to hurt your feet are a good thing.

OnX maps are great.

I never see elk in fields on public lands once the shooting starts

It will be much steeper than it appears on Google Maps.

InReach is a capability I’d recommend

When alone, rolling a bull elk over to continue skinning/deboning it can be rather difficult

Always have an old school compass and two lights with you. (Another almost hard lesson)

The cartridge/scope etc. should be roughly #223 on your list of things to worry about