Days 3 – 8 can get brutal if you aren’t seeing game and your body wants to shut down on you. This is very true!! I hunted Idaho fall of 2014 and the first 3 day is all out going to see these big elk that we have been reading about on the internet. Day 4 came around and hadn’t see an elk in the mountains and your legs are starting to feel all those great hikes in the mountains! Hopes and dreams start fading and reality sets in!! Hunting out there is very similar to SE MN public land is over hunted and all the animals retreat to the private land that only has just a little pressure. So as the week went on we had fishing licenses for out there and stated fishing the lake that James fished on with the huge perch! We chalked up the hunt to a learning experience. There no doubt bring a good camera cause you will see some amazing country! New Mexico is on my bucket list of hunts for elk but this time I will spend the money and hunt on private land! Good luck on the hunt.