I've hunted unit 17 and unit 10a both have a lot of wolves, I do think there are less wolves in the south east area. Even with the wolves you can still find elk, they have just changed their habits a bit. Smaller herds, less vocal and they just seen to hang out in very small groups. We have tried different areas to find our sweet spot, you might want to talk to biologist and just start picken spots. It might take a few tries to find an area you like but that's hunting, I think salmon holds a pretty good number of elk but that is one place we havn't checked out yet. Good luck, you'll like Idaho- overt the counter tags, less people and you don't have to wait 17 plus years to draw a bull tag!!