Used to hunt archery elk years ago in Arizona. It's been a long time but decided to get back into it. Was fortunate enough to get drawn on a late-season rifle elk hunt in Unit 8. My FHF bino harness and gear came in the mail today but still waiting on my new Leupold BX-5 Santiam HD 12x50 binoculars. This will be my first time hunting Unit 8 so I will be spending most of July in Unit 8 just getting to know the area. In the meantime, I've been hiking a mountain trail 4x per week to get in shape and looking over On-X Maps. Will probably be hunting this one by myself. Of my 4 kids my twin boys are both apprentice lineman and won't have any vacation time to speak of. My one daughter who wants to hunt is only building points since she is just starting her masters of Biology at ASU supposedly starting this Fall. My other daughter has 2 years left in her nursing program but doesn't want to hunt. My wife is happy for me but also not her thing. Still, I am stoked about getting into the mountains and look forward to hunting with my kids in the not too distant future. Building points in some other western states. Maybe the old man can provide some motivation! Wish me luck!