Everyone has given good advice so far on equipment. If you watch Professor Newburg and study at the Elk University you will learn all you need to know. The only items and suggestions I would add are the following:
1. Buy a diaphragm elk call, grunt tube and learn how to use them together and...
Here is a video summary of my first scouting trip this year. I found lots of animals in wide open green fields. I hung a few trail cameras which I will be checking on the 4th of July. I was quite impressed that there were so many animals out in the middle of the day. The cow elk and their calves...
Water holes with a blind can be very good if the weather is hot and dry. It can be a bear to stay in one all day when it is hot but with a nice cooler full of cold drinks you can make it through. Here is the antelope I got on public land last year here in Colorado. He showed up the second day...
Scouting is a great way to learn your way around a unit and to figure out what elk are available. I go every year and setup trail cameras to get needed information and get in shape. I check the cameras before hunting season to determine which unit has the best potential. I hunt mostly...