Hi Jeff -
Actually, I can hunt both deer and elk at the same time if I'm hunting deer on an Applegate ML tag and elk on a general season tag for the coast units which includes Applegate. I had a real careful discussion with ODFW on that to be sure I was legal deer hunting w/o the elk tag in my pocket during that time when the seasons overlap.
There are also some bow/gun overlaps for deer vs elk. For instance I believe the high cascade (119A) deer hunt overlaps with elk in some areas.
You should check the synopsis ... at least last year, there were warnings about where those overlaps occur so that people not wanting to be in an overlap area would know ahead of time and apply for something else.
Like you said, this has wandered a ways from Africa.
Tom
