The two groups of elk I got into, in both cases I was on crunchy frozen ground and it was over before it began. They skedaddled before I saw them, when I was 80-100 yards away. They say a cow call can help; the elk might tolerate the noise if they think it's another elk. Dunno. Skeptical.
My bleepin' heel has improved but I seem to have reached a plateau of sorts. Still limping, can't really put power through it though at least now I can pretend...... can push lightly... Hoping to at least go for a walk this weekend but I'm not gonna until I can walk normally because all this walking ABnormally is really taking a toll on my other pieces 'n parts. I'd love to see imaging of the damage but I'm too cheap to pay for it since it doesn't really matter anyway.