Been reading on other forums and on Facebook there’s tons of folks in this same situation. Shows unsuccessful for combo tag but then pending for elk permit …. Maybe everyone will get a tag lol
I’d get to the area you plan on hunting no later than 2 days before the opener . Pick out a herd than you can get on right away Saturday morning of opener and kill one. It’s going to get busy on public ground soon as the sun comes up with all the bird hunters and antelope hunters mixed together...