I like elk. I was hooked at age 10 when my father bought ground in Colorado to run cattle. He hired a man from our home town of Groom, Texas to manage the ranch. That mans son, Jim Schaffer, and I hunted elk together for more than 40 years until he passed away a few years ago from cancer. At one time he was the youngest outfitter in Colorado, and years later was the oldest active outfitter in the state. I can bore you for hours with triumphs and tragedies involving horses, mules, camps, wrecks and survival in sub-zero weather without gps or sophisticated clothing and gear like we have today.