D R E A W A SOAKING M ANY THINK Pennsylvania elk come easy to those who are drawn for a license. Heather Griffith, of Worthville, isn't one of them. Drawn for an Elk Hunt Zone 4 cow tag in 2017, it stood to reason Heather would have to work for her elk. Although the hunt zone has plenty of public land - 50 percent - it's a place where elk are wildly skittish and found well behind locked gates. Roads rarely help you get close to elk. Only your feet will. Heather, who is relatively new to hunting, was pulled for her elk tag in just By Joe KosacK 10 her fourth year in the lottery. Husband Mike has twice as many bonus points. "Mike assured me I wouldn't be drawn," Heather recalled with a smile. "He was just trying to get my bonus points built up while I was becoming a more-experienced hunter." But it didn't work out that way. She suddenly found herself preparing for a Pennsylvania elk hunt. Despite its reputation for hard-to-hunt elk, Mike began studying maps of Elk Hunt Zone 4 and researched previous harvest sites there. He placed six trail cameras afield, and began spending two days a week scouting the hunt zone. Mike believed he could guide Heather to success, though the two talked about