Have you looked into having an outfitter on standby to packout an elk for you allowing you to hunt the back country and carry a satellite phone?? Actually some ridges in the Peaches unit wilderness areas have pretty decent cell service, this much I know!

I archery hunted it in 2007 as my first ever archery, and archery elk hunt. All I was armed with was a primos pack bugle with the blue reed and a hoochie mama... man if I knew now what I knew then I had a great shot at a 340+ bull one morning in the wilderness.
Unfortunately I won't be able to swing anything like that this year. I'm still on disability while I go to school so the budget is tight, real tight with OR out of state tags to buy for elk, deer, and antelope now! I will put that new Tenzing 5000 to the test because I'm hauling out on my back, everything I kill this year. I will see real quick if I trained right, or if I had weak areas. Hahaha.