Not a suprise to most here but i pick elk hands down. The bugling, size of the animals and just different ways we use to hunt them leaves me begging for more each year. I would sooner take a good bull than a book deer. If i put as much time into chasin deer as i do elk oh lordy. lol In my area they are alot tougher to hunt than a deer, cannot pattern them at all which leaves you guessing each day but when you connect oh man is it sweet.