Not to drag the OP at all but why do you need to “go scout” this early? Elk are a ways out from dropping? I see guys pushing elk already and laugh because particularly in that unit, I can see all the elk these guy get out and chase, from The opposite side of the river and I can tell you that not a single bull has dropped. Is there maybe a spike or 2 that has? Maybe. But I look at over 100 3+ bulls this weekend and all had both sides. Stay home and leave the elk alone. It’s insane to see guys out earlier and earlier every year pushing elk in hopes of watching antlers drop in front of them