Let's say you had a good friend in Colorado and you had a chance to go hunt in an overthe counter either sex elk tag zone on a DIY hunt on public land, for a super cheap price (tag + airfare). You had the ability to time the trip perfectly for the peak of the elk rut in this area as well for an entire week.

Your a hardcore northeast whitetail hunter though, and this elk trip would mean only weekend hunting for the entire whitetail season that year because of lack of vacation. No 3 day weekends, and no week off during the whitetail rut.

Would you pass up the opportunity for some outstanding whitetail hunting to go after public land elk in Colorado DIY?