I had the tag last year scouting will not do you any good the deer presure and spike hunters will push the elk all over the place. I hunted 17 days did get into elk, but because of the presure they are hard to get on look at the sucess rate of the unit it is the lowest in the state for archery. But if you hunt hard and put in your time you will kill one. I killed with two days left and my friend that drew with me killed that night so it is possible. good luck and dont get down look forward to the last week of the hunt.