I haven't checked the weather, but we have done this hunt 3 times. The weather dictates this one, we scouted the tops and higher ground the first time, then snow set in before the hunt. My point is, scout some lower level ground, you may be hunting it if weather sets in. Also, that time of year the elk are in transition, where they were last week, they aren't now, the cows are on there was to winter ground, and the bulls are bacheloring up. I LOVE THIS HUNT!! But you might find your hunting areas you didn't count on.
When they came for the road hunters I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for the oppurtunists I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for the public land hunters I was not one so I said nothing. When they came for me there was no one left to say anything!