Hunted all 9 days, finally saw my first elk on day 9 at sun up, Herd of 26 with 1 bull. Snuck around through the limited cover 3 miles to get in position for a better look. Nice 5x5 But with 26 sets of Eyes watching and No Cover, As close as I got was still over 700yrds. Sat on them all day as they Bedded, fed, Bedded But it was just not going to happen. Left them For the next time I draw the Tag. Mud blocked access to a large part of My tag area. Gumbo soup in the low spots. Last day it was -9 degree which froze everything up, Allowing access to the Elk out on the Sage. I could still not get too my original Starting point due to a Dry Lake that had Water in it. Juniper Eradication has been going on in the area and I saw signs some Historic wet areas are starting to get wet again after decades of being dry.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------support your local guzzlers. OHA life member,lapine oregon