Let's say you had a good friend in Colorado and you had a chance to go hunt in an overthe counter either sex elk tag zone on a DIY hunt on public land, for a super cheap price (tag + airfare). You had the ability to time the trip perfectly for the peak of the elk rut in this area as well for an entire week.

Your a hardcore northeast whitetail hunter though, and this elk trip would mean only weekend hunting for the entire whitetail season that year because of lack of vacation. No 3 day weekends, and no week off during the whitetail rut.

Would you pass up the opportunity for some outstanding whitetail hunting to go after public land elk in Colorado DIY?

that is a hard one to decide. i would hunt go and hunt elk, just becasue it is such a good opertunity anda good deal like thatmight not evercome aroundagain

Tough call dude....The perverbial rock and hard spot.........I THINK I would probably go elk hunting. In my world, that is a one time shot, would never get the opportunity again.

Take the opp hands down. I'm a big believer in trying something new and unique, expecially when you may never get the chance again for awhile. The whitetail deer hunting will likely be there next year. Can you say the same about the elk hunting?

You can always hunt whitetail. They aren't going anywhere. I would take the trip and hunt elk. Spot and stalk hunting elk is just about as good as it gets IMO.

Rick... If you are from the Albany area, I would go on the elk hunt... It's not like we'd be missing whitetail hunting in OH or IL or something...
That seems like a very good opportunity.

If i could take a bull, i would probably go on the elk hunt, if it was cow only, then it would be a tough call for me. Since elk hunting would probably not happen all that often for me, i think i would want to do it going after a big bull. Wow, that is a tough call, the more im thinking about it the more i dont know what i would do. I do like to try new things though. Good luck with your decision.

Do it. Wouldn't think twice. I love whitetail, but the elk hunt would probably be a one shot chance for me.

Depends on how many times you've got to do each of the activities in question... If you've partaken multiple times in chasing whitetails, why not give the elk a shot just once?

It wouldn't take me but about 2 seconds to dial my buddy and set a date that I'd be there.