No question in my mind, I would do the elk hunt. Opportunities like that are rare, so you need to jump on them when they come along. Let us know what you decide.

For me, I'm deer hunting! Elk are something that interest me, but not a DIY public land hunt that means missing the whitetail rut. When I decide to go elk hunting, it will be with an outfitter of some fashion.

There is ALOT of meat on an elk ... if the odds were good to kill one, I would go in a second ..... unless I had my eye on a big boy that I knew was still lurking on my land ........

The votes have been counted... it's elk city.

A lot depends on what you think you can accomplish in weekends for whitetails. And what you are willing to potentially miss out on. Elk hunting probably one of the coolest things I've ever done, I'd say go for it, even if your odds of success are low.

Absolutely! Elk hunting is the best animal to hunt IMO. I love hunting whitetails but I would go Elk hunting even if I had to just hunt on the weekends.

If there is no vacation there are always sick days! Cough, cough!!

Someone that doesn't live in elk country and isn't independently wealthy doesn't get an opportunity like that to come along and bite 'em in the butt very often. And since the weekends are still free for deer, you'd only wind up regretting it if you stayed home. Maybe not this year or the next but, as the years go by and no other opportunities for elk come your way...

I would go on the Elk hunt. The chance may not come up again. I know the chance to hunt deer will still be there.

Are you practising your elk call yet?

Yikes thats a tough call. It would probably depend on the class of bucks I had seen earlier in the year. Meaning, if had not seen any really really nice bucks compared to previous years then I would probably go Elk hunting. If I had seen a monster for the area Im hunting I may consider sticking around. How often will you have the opportunity to go Elk hunting versus whitetail hunting?