I drew a montana river breaks archery tag after putting in for it for 4 year's in a row. I hunted hard for 2 weeks. I got into elk every day. I was to aggressive at first, bumping and pushing elk and not getting shot opportunities. I actually got in the middle of 24 elk trying to get a shot on the herd bull. I got busted by a cow bedded 5 feet from me in the pines. I had to really change my approach. On this bull I located him with his bugle and crept in slowly, identifying perimeter bulls, spikes, and cows, being careful not to be detected. I had to wait and watch this bull for over 5 hours until he got up from his bed and started checking his bedded cows one by one. When he came over to a cow bedded closest to me I got my broadside shot opportunity at 65 yards. It rained alot this year and the gumbo clay mud stuck to every thing making hiking out 4 game bags and the head/cape an almost impossible task. I dropped him 2.5 miles from the closest ATV access.