This is a tough one for me at the moment. Have an ES archery elk tag this September for a unit we know well and have had success in the last couple seasons. I’d like to hold out for a bull since there were chances in years past, but just didn’t pan out and we tagged cows, a spike, and a buddy got a rag horn bull. So I’m really looking for something with branched antlers, but at the same I have a few other considerations. Like this year we have Dads in camp for their first archery hunts, so looking for the first opportunity at a legal animal for them. Maybe I’d hold out looking for a bull if they get a cow? At home, for me, I have a newborn and could really benefit from tagging the first “any elk” thats within range and getting home sooner than later. Difficult decisions that will likely come down to “game time” decisions for me