I'd go whitetail hunting. DIY hunts just don't interest me that much to miss prime rut.

Go on the elk hunt!!! I did this very thing(except we drove there) in '05 and its well worth the trip for several reasons other than getting an elk.

1. Camping/hiking in the wilderness
2. Scenery is magnificent
3. A new big game animal to hunt
4. A different place to hunt
5. If you like challenges, the physical aspect alone will do it
6. You don't know what will happen in the future.....do it now
7. DIY hunts are very tough but satisfying
8. As you say, you can still hunt whitetails at home on weekends

Do it now!!!

dude, elk hunting, come on, and aren't you single? Co. has a lot of nice looking fit women. its a no brainer. you'll remember the trip forever.

Elk for me, probably a one shot deal

ELK!

I would go elk hunting every weekend and take a week for white-tail. With all kidding aside, a week in the wilderness will show you what you are made of. Don't count out any DIY hunts............ I have always been the one to go see what else there is out there, and have never regretted anyadventure.

Look at it this way, when you do get settled down and have a kid, alot of things will change and your chances will be far less. Do it now while you have a chance........and hunt each day like it may be your last, just like the guy that I have elk hunted with for the last several years, he will spend this elk season pouring liquid into his stomach through a tube. Get out there and see what the heck the other part of the world does when archery opens!!!!! And never pass up a good opportunity...

i'd go elk hunting because i've never been.

Funny you asked. A friend of mine and I have just starting to plan an elk hunt like you. It will cost me my week of whitetail, but I figure how many chances have I had at elk: 0. So, I have to jump at it. I’ll still have weekends.

I'm kind of in the opposite situation. I hunt elk every year close to home. For me, a whitetail hunt would be something to dream about. Or better yet a hog . . . . .

But in your situation, the elk hunt sounds pretty good. A lot of it depends on just how connected your buddy in Colorado is to the elk hunting world. There are some really good spots on public land that hunters keep real quiet about. Does you buddy hunt enough to have one of those areas all scouted out? Is this person proficient in calling and archery elk hunting in general? Not that a harvest is the measure of success here, but I would want to know we weren't just wandering around the mountains . . . . . .

You might go back to some of the discussion a month or so back where Greg/MO was inquiring about this same subject. Good luck. Roskoe.

I would do it in a heartbeat. Heck yeah...