Hunted elk around Challis a couple times. Nice country, I hear from family there that the elk herds are hurting, because of the wolves. Stanley is a nice area, great fly fishing in that area!
My personal opinion from my observations, no scientific backing...I think the elk have moved farther south into 48, 49, and 50. Those units have surplus cows and tags are easy to get, some are OTC. There's a lot of competition for bull tags, though. There are wolves there but not in the numbers that you find farther north.
