Handles,
I will answer this way,Deer live in every part of the forest,plains and river bottom,they are easily accesible and to hunt.Elk don' t live in the forest,they inhabit a chunk of it,in Montana I read that elk are 1:10 sq miles of elk habitat.Those are not very good odds when you put down on paper,let alone a bull and your odds get short if they are in heards and area gets bigger.I' am a resident of Montana a elk tag costs me 17.00 dollars and a deer tag only 15.00.So you ask if you are home state resident your attitude would probaly change,I don' t thinks so.If you are a trophy elk hunter you are not out for meat,if you are a elk hunter you are hunting for elk,and thats any leagle elk.

I' am not a trophy deer hunter,I will shoot a trophy buck of any species if presented,but I make no attempt to harvest a trophy buck,I just hunt deer.If my monster white-tail don' t show,I take down his momma or one of his family at the end of the season just to show him I will be back next year and I mean buisness.BBJ