I'm sure you will find elk pretty quick.They will be doing alot of talking in Sept and are easy to find.You'll enjoy the fact that theres not a hunter behind every tree like here in the east.Plenty of space and elk to hunt all alone.I've found in Co. that once I'm a mile back I'm pretty much all alone,as long as your in wilderness and they can't ride 4 wheelers in.Don't get too picky, take what the mountain gives you and be happy