I was working East of Del Bonita a few days last week, and just missed seeing a herd of approx 150 Elk that have been in the area for awhile according to the operator.
Thursday I got a few pics of this guy on my way home, he was all alone and didn't seem to worried about me an my noisy truck.
He is very light in colour like you mentioned, but his antlers aren't very big so I don't think he's the one you're thinking for.