According to Fish and Game elk populations are way, way down in the unit. From over 10,000 elk around ten years ago to not much over 2,000 elk last winter during surveys. You still hear of some guys having luck like huntm2 have, but then I also hear reports from people that pack in on horse back for over a week and don't see anything. I also know a guy who works for the forest service who spent most of all last summer packed in for different things and over the entire summer saw no elk, not one. Its a unit I would scrutinize over alot before I made a decision.