Personally, I have found snowshoes, of any make or style to be largely useless this early in the season, especially if you're in powder. You'll need a solid base of crusty snow on or near the top or else you'll just push the snowshoe all the way to the ground or to wherever the base is, and this early that is often only 6 inches or less from the ground. Then after each step, you'll lift all the snow that "fell in" back out, making the hiking much tougher.
They're awesome for crossing big residual drifts in shady areas when spring bear hunting, or crossing the drifted up areas on the leeward side of hilltops, but I have found very few other hunting uses for them.
YMMV but I wouldn't be counting on snowshoes to be that big of a help next elk season.
