I grew up in CO long before it was invaded by morons from CA and to us elk was a food supply. We never considered them anything really special and definitely not something worth breaking the law or getting stupid over. Living year round in elk country we knew we would eventually get a shot and could afford to be patient. But then we hunted cows mostly and didn't care about big elk racks and we didn't come from a place that didn't have elk. I guess the mentality is different if you lived in CO, WY, MT, ID UT etc... than if you came from some place like NY, VT, MO etc...
