Congrats on your bull.
I live in elk country and have taken an elk every year for the past 36 years and helped countless others get theirs. One thing that will help you alot is a good quality 10x compact binocular when trying to count points. Keep them handy and take the time to use them. Most often you'll have more than enough time to size up that bull before you have to shoot. Also it's quite common for elk not react to the shot like one would expect for a killing shot. I've had them drop in my scope but I've also seen them casually walk off before dropping. For my binocular I use Leica 10x25 compacts. They're not cheap but they're alot less that full size binoculars and you can keep them within reach all day for those quick judgements. Again congrats on you bull!