Quick, i am a sick man when it comes to elk hunting. I scout, prepare mentally rehearse, practice calling to the point people think i am insane. I arrow my elk the first few days of the season each year but i shoot cows or bulls, first one within range gets the business. If i put that much time into whitetail hunting i would get some monsters. I chase deer alllllllot but not as obsessive as elk. I have an awesome whitetail area but like trout says there is just something about a bugling bull or the essence of a cow that makes my whole body shake. If i ever quit shakin when a bull bugles beside me i will quit hunting.