Sounds like you have done all the hard work already, congrats on the weight loss. Now for the inside secret to backpack hunting: Eat all your food the first 3 days, it is a great incentive to kill something and less to pack out when you get your Elk. Elk hunting w/ a truck load of good friends is the best time ever, have fun.
mike r
Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC