I think an awful lot of folks fail to realize that success rates in most traditional "elk hunting" states runs in the low 20% range with WY being the outlier in the mid-40% range. That means 1 legal elk every ~5yrs of hunting. Even if you as a non-resident hunt every-other year you're looking at an average of 1 legal elk/decade. WY is higher but it's unlikely you're going to hunt WY every year due to preference points.

Elk hunting isn't like sitting in a stand/blind over a corn-flinger.

Last edited by horse1; 12/09/18.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.