Our deer season opens 10/10 and elk on 10/15. The seasons overlap for 2 weeks. Usually we'll take a 2 or 3 day deer trip, then come home for a few days before going back for a long elk/deer hunt. It's only about 90 miles on a good highway so the traveling is no big deal.
However, Saturday & Sunday will be in the 80's with warm nights. We've decided to hold off until Tues and make a longer hunt instead of 2 shorter ones. It's just too warm to safely take care of the meat if we score. Even at that, it it doesn't cool off enough, we might have to make a quick trip home to get any meat in the cooler. If we don't score then, we can go back the 1st week of Nov for another week chasing elk. We'll normally have some snow by that time.
