| My answer to that question is yes, it can | | | | When hunting whitetail, you are always looking for |
| definitely improve your chances of bagging an elk | | | | areas where they might tend to eat, or where |
| and here's why I think so. | | | | they might be bedding down or maybe where |
| I base my answer on the fact that I started out | | | | they would be reproducing, especially during the |
| hunting whitetail deer many years ago in Alabama. | | | | rut. Because of these three needs, scouting |
| I spent so much time in the woods going after | | | | becomes simplified. Using these whitetail skills will |
| that trophy whitetail. Years later, after moving to | | | | definitely pay off. |
| Colorado and becoming a guide and outfitter, I | | | | Now Elk hunting does have its own set of |
| used some of the same skills from whitetail deer | | | | techniques but hunting whitetail deer definitely |
| hunting to help bag my elk. And I have gotten my | | | | gives you an advantage. So by combining your |
| share of elk over the years. | | | | present skills with the new skills you learn about |
| If you really think about it, Elk are in the family of | | | | elk hunting, your odds become much more |
| deer so they share many of the same | | | | favorable on getting an elk. |
| characteristics and habits of elk. Deer and elk | | | | So, will whitetail deer hunting improve your |
| have the same basic needs. Both of these animals | | | | chances of bagging an elk? You bet it will! |
| need to eat, rest and reproduce. | | | | |