Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Deer hunting with an elk and deer tag in pocket

No - but I'm archery in Idaho when both are in legal season, so I'll have both tags on me.

I'm not "purposely" going to hunt deer on an elk hunt - until the elk is down - but I'll have a deer tag just in case "the one" steps out.

I've finished an elk stalk, and had a monster muley bedded near me, that I'd have taken in a minute, had the shot presented.

We've passed many a mulie during the elk hunt, but none were a "wow" either.

Sure.
I have done that many times. Sometimes I have also had a bear tag too, especially in Idaho.

The only tag I use that for me so far has never been in the same area or a the same time for open seasons are Antelope. When I hunt antelope it's usually only antelope. There are some elk and antelope overlaps, but I have never hunting them both at the same time in the same area. Most times the 2 seasons do not overlap. But depending on the area it's not uncommon to hunt deer bear and elk at the same time.