Archery or modern...

[270Flat]

What to do? Last year was my first year hunting deer archery. It was a blast!!
Have yet to harvest an elk with my rifle, spike only unit... Just have not had the opportunity to fill my tag. Been in the elk each year just nothing to shoot at.
If I were to hunt archery, I would be able to hit the rut. And have a choice of cow or spike. What are your thoughts?

[bobcat]

Archery season gives you much more opportunity of being successful. Especially when the only legal elk are spike bulls during rifle season. If you are confident with your bow out to 40 yards or so, I would definitely go that route.

[D-Rock425]

Archery

[wildmanoutdoors]

Archery and Cows on the Eastside for sure! I see maybe 1 spike for every 90 Cow's I see. And the Rut has nothing to do with any of this really. Archery Cow hunting is the shiznit!

[elk247]

Archery

[et1702]

Definitely Archery!

[270Flat]

Thanks guys!!

[washelkhunter]

90% chance i will hunt AR this year.

[Harborhunter]

I will give archery another vote.

[hughjorgan]

Archery if those are your two picks. Muzzleloader wouldn't be a bad pick if you could draw a cow tag.

[usmc74]

I have killed way more elk w/archery than Rifle.

All archery have been bulls, only 1 bull w/rifle.

[vandeman17]

I switched to archery a few years ago and will never go back to rifle. It is just a different experience being out there carrying the stick and string.

[BowForElk]

90% chance i will hunt AR this year.

They got an Assault Rifle elk season?!? 

[xXLojackXx]

I say go rifle. Way less hunters that think they own the woods. Bunch of d bags 

[Fullabull]

Once you go archery you will never go back...... Bewaaarrre!!!!!

[iRem]

Archery all the way, once you've hunted with a bow you'll never want to go back!

[sakoshooter]

Archery all the way.

[deerslyr]

No wonder archery season is getting so dam crowded 

I almost find it easier to get away from the people during rifle season, where there gunna be is pretty dam predictable...on the road or close to it.

[270Flat]

Thanks for the input!

[pianoman9701]

What to do? Last year was my first year hunting deer archery. It was a blast!!
Have yet to harvest an elk with my rifle, spike only unit... Just have not had the opportunity to fill my tag. Been in the elk each year just nothing to shoot at.
If I were to hunt archery, I would be able to hit the rut. And have a choice of cow or spike. What are your thoughts?

Archery offers no opportunities at all, ever. I would stick with a rifle until you kill an elk with that, then go to a ML until you kill with that, and then go to a crossbow during modern until you kill with that. By the time you make it to archery, I will be dead and there'll be room for another archer in the woods.

[270Flat]

Or you could fill my brain with as much knowledge as you are willing to part with about archery hunting elk. 

[coachcw]

If you go archery you may need to change your screen name to arrow arch or something .

[dreamingbig]

Going against the grain here... If you have to ask then I suggest you stick with the rifle.