salukipv1

Pretty much the outfitter is the operation/business/leader, the guide is the actual guy who will be guiding you on your hunt. You could track down just a guide, but most likely you'll contact the services of an outfitter who will hook you up with one of this guides he hires, it may be a camp of the outfitter plus maybe 6 guides, give or take. So a guide/outfitter tend to go together.

Quite often elk are hunted with mule deer, though finding an area with quality elk and quality mule deer is even rarer than just quality elk area. So if you're wanting to hunt elk, find a great elk area/outfitter first, and if they have mule deer too, ask about adding that as an option etc...sometimes you just have to buy the deer tag and if you happen to see a nice mule deer you can harvest it too, but don't necessarily count on taking both, nor taking 2 trophy animals on the same hunt.