Make friends with some of the locals in the area you'll be hunting. They know where the elk are or will be. I got elk the first 2 years I hunted Colorado and Arizona just by simply listening to what people that lived in the areas I hunted told me. Cheating a little , yes, I know.. I got an elk one year just by taking the advice of a lady I barely knew that owned the cabin we were paying to stay in. She told me where she had seen elk the evening before on her drive home and I got an elk the next evening at the exact spot she had told me. A little friendliness and respectfulness with the local people goes a long ways.
