Alex — I’m home and all book orders went into the mail this morning. So far as field dressing elk and elk hunting in general, check out the CO Dept. of Parks and Wildlife website, which has both those topics on videos you can stream. In fact they have an entire “Online elk hunting university” course, free. It’s not exactly the way I handle elk but a real good primer. And while all the elk hunting is with rifle, you’ll still learn a lot. If don’t own a bugle, don’t buy one. If you do own a bugle, give it to someone you don’t like. 😛 Cow call very sparingly and hunt elk as you would whitetails (not including tree stands), have no great expectations beyond a nice camping trip in the Rockies, and you’ll have a “successful” hunt no matter what.