I'd like to get some of your thoughts/opinions/theories on heavy storm systems and Elk. I have talked to a few friends and they all have objecting theories...This will be the first opening weekend I will be hunting Elk when its expected to thunder/lightning all day with 1/2"-1" of rain, 20-30 mph winds and no moon. Do you believe that Elk will still feed out onto cuts/roads in the first hour or so of light with there being next to no Moon, even though its going to be blowing sideways, downpouring and with thunder/lightning storms? Or do you think that they will stick to old growth deep dark timber bottoms, where they can escape the heavy rain and winds, however be left without saplings, grasses, etc to feed on (and it being dark under cover)? One of my friends said he believes that Elk do not like to be in the timber when its blowing especially, as they cannot hear predators with the howling wind rolling through the trees...and that they don't care about being wet. My other friend says that yes, Elk probably don't care about being wet, but they will more than likely be under cover in their beds or near, in the timber, when a heavy storm like this is around... Should I still stick out an hour or two or bino/scope glassing at first light, and then move to hiking down for timber stalking afterwards all day... Or do I just jump in right away, find a trail, and stalk from first light and on...