Moose like bogs and creeks and watery stuff. Roads/trails are near creeks and bogs and watery stuff. Elk are very real, just take a drive through RMNP. You'll see so many pet elk. Elk like to graze. Drive any big valley with large cattle ranches and giant hay fields in the winter when the elk...
Got out Sunday/Monday in Northern Colorado. Had bugling at night and in the mornings. Coaxed a bull into 80yds but he hung up, glunked for a few then took his cows and left.
Had a couple bulls bugling in my basin Saturday night and Sunday morning/evening. One other hunter in there blowing cruddy mid-day bugles. Couldn't hear anything Monday due to the high winds. Colorado OTC
At that mileage I would grab a cat off Rockauto and have an exhaust shop replace it. Keep an eye on oil level and run until it dies. Save the money you'd spend repairing the oil consumption issue for a down payment on the next vehicle. Spending anything over 40% of the value of a vehicle on...
Good year model. Timing belt due at 10yr/105k miles. Known issues are head gasket failure(either leaking oil or exhaust gas into coolant jacket) and oil control valve failure from dirty oil(change every 3,000-3,500 miles). Otherwise, don't see any common issues worth noting.
I know my way around Subarus. Generally best years are 2015-19. The ones that are consuming oil are usually 2011.5-14 model years with 1st generation timing chain engines. Piston/ring design in those engines could lead to excessive consumption over time. Issue was corrected in 2015-later models...
Wouldn't hesitate to go Lamson, have had very good luck with their reels from the inexpensive 3/4wt tout stuff to large arbor salt reels. Idaho company so they see plenty of use on steelies