How do you...?

[Cervid Stalker]

Don't want to be a defeatist, but I've spent 15 or so years hunting for elk, and most of them have been "unsuccessful". I think the "average" hunter in Oregon is successful about once every ten years.
There are few things more amazing to me than just being out in an "elky area" and knowing that at any moment an elk might step out from around that tree over there, what it boils down to is that if you spend enough time in areas where elk live you'll eventually get a chance to take one. If you really want to get your kids out on a successful hunt I'd recommend a duck trip, or maybe upland birds depending on the area you live in. Doe tags, if they're available, are a good first exposure to hunting too.
Hope y'all have a good time and have some success (regardless of whether or not you kill an elk).
God bless,
Nate.