OnX is your best option to identify some starting points. There is plenty of public ground to keep you busy w/out a pass. Use the regs to figure which gmu you want to hunt and what's legal in it. Use OnX and google maps to pick out some areas within your chosen gmu and then plan some boots on the ground scouting/road driving to see what the area(s) are like. Don't like it, move on to the next area. Log info in your OnX app along the way. If you get started now you could scout some elk up for the opener. Look for pinch points/intersections on active game trails, set some game cams, look for wallows. I am guessing gou don't call much, I'd plan to sit on or near active areas and be mobile. Try to intercept a herd, don't chase after them. Good luck out there!
