I do not have a cable package so I am glad you follow this model. I really enjoy your show. You are the only show that hunts as "every hunter" USA does.
I guess I was just thinking I we could chat a bit about the Book Cliffs. I have never hunted it but have a an archery deer and bear tag this year. I will be scouting it as much as possible. I am not sure if your private tag would align with the area my tag is in.
I am joining you from Utah. I have also lived in the Southeast for 10+ years. I obsess about hunting 24/7. My patient wife assumes I have a disease. I hunt anything I can find time and opportunity from squirrels to Elk. I am a wildlife biologist by trade and love having a job to pay me to...
I am not from Idaho but have been researching the state pretty heavily for future hunts. Some of the reports I have read is the Salmon zone has low elk densitie now because of wolves. Perhaps an Idahoan can elaborate further. You may want to shift your sights to Colorado.
You can draw an archery elk tag with 8 points as a non-resident. I did it three years ago and was at the top of the points column. It wasn't the best unit in the state but the hunt was great and I killed a good bull.