Question for the forums. I have spent a few days over the last weekends scouting my area for over the counter archery elk coming up. I hunt a unit which is foot/horse traffic only. I have seen quite a few bulls and cows on my scouting trips, but they are always on the hardest steepest side of a particular valley I plan to spend time in. I got to the side of the mountain once but made extreme noise in the process. The problem is a high to low approach is out of the question due to private boardering public. The valley floor is a 6 in stream all the way through it. To even get to the spot for scouting is a heavy walk through 10-15 foot thick buck brush. The question is if any of you have ever simply walked in the water to your spot, and if so how did it work out for you? Did the stream cover your scent and noise?Is there another way to work through very thick thorny buck brush I am not aware of? I'm a 5th gen Colorado native and have harvested my share of most Colorado species, but the area has really changed since last year due to heavy rain. Thanks for the input of walking the stream to my spot!!!