I didnt hunt elk this year, just way, way too busy. I got out with my 16 year old son and daughter a couple times and hunted deer (son was hunting I was just along for the ride) down low close to Weiser but the deer were real scarce. My son went out by himself probably about 8 or 10 times and out of all that he saw around 10 does. Finally on the last day he saw a 2x3. He passed on it and at the end of the day after not seeing anything bigger he came across it again and shot it. Before that bad winter I used to see a good 50 deer a day or even more but the first day out with my kids we saw zero deer and zero sign. 2nd time I went out with my son we saw half a dozen does, no bucks. Covered lots and lots of country, lots and lots of glassing. And that is on private ground that doesn't get hunted hard! That winter killed so many of them in there it was insane. I talked to a friend of mine just today who talked to a close friend of his just today who had a bull tag for 31 this year. he hunted for 20 days in unit 31 and saw a total of 4 does and 1 buck. I don't know what the brownlee side looks like but close to Weiser it is slim pickins!