LAST EDITED ON Jul-24-05 AT 08:16PM (MST)[p]Be in the best shape of your life and then improve on that if you really want to have a chance to see elk. Of course, if you get a lucky snow, they may come to you, so it is the luck of the draw on that one.
Elk are where you find them. Sounds like a sarcastic answer, but it isn't really. You will be hunting ater archery, muzzleloading, and the 1st and 2nd rifle seasons, so don't expect for elk to be anywhere close to roads. They will be far from roads, or in deep timber and almost totally nocturnal unless snow brings them out. Bottom line, is if it is warm and dry, don't plan on seeing any elk unless you walk 10-15 miles a day. Best plan: pray for enough snow to send them down out of the high country.
Don't expect after 2 posts that people are going to line up to tell you a "hot spot". Not going to happen. If you already knew of a good spot, would you post it on a hunting forum?
Good hunting.
txhunter58
venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)