Good luck on your MT hunt.
While we have lots of antelope in the family freezers (there are a bunch of them), we are out of deer and elk. This year we have plans to hunt over-the-counter bull in 3rd rifle season and cow in 4th rifle - first time I'll have hunted two full seasons and first time ever for 4th rifle for all of us. As a meat hunter, I don't care about the antlers - any healthy-looking adult that matches my license will do.
The point of hunting two seasons this year is to have a better chance of catching the migration. There will ultimately be 4 of us - Daughter #1, her hubby and her BIL. None have ever taken an elk and BIL has never hunted them before. I'll go up 3rd rifle and try to get one and if/when the migration starts I'll call in the others. The plan sounds good on paper...
Again, good luck to you and your brother.