Some mighty interesting comments here, as to the do's and why not's. I am amazed how many feel the same as I though!! I don't carry them and won't be anytime soon, not even in CO.

gselkhunter---It sounds as if you're suggesting that if we don't pack optics around, then we're not burning up much shoe leather. Quite the contrary there amigo!! If you were to add up all the elk taken by all that have reponded to this question it would exceed well over 100 animals. Now that's pretty good, so why now tell them elk can't be hunted effectively without the use of binos? I'm not saying for you not to use them, just question there value & neccessity for bowhunters hunting elk! So why is it you feel that optics are needed in your type of hunts, instead of your calling them to achieve location, or to hunt in areas they frequent at certain times of the day in the form of "blind setups". I find it much more productive to have the elk come to me instead of me trying to sneak in on a non vocal bunch.---I love a good Call&Stalk though!!!

I too find that we hear elk 95% of the time before we ever see them, either sounding off on their own or we get them going.---ElkNut1