Sent in my comments. I can't believe they are considering combining early muzzleloader deer and elk into the same week. That would totally ruin it for our family.
We use a different load for deer and elk for the kids(lighter deer load/bullet). I often use a different muzzleloader for deer and elk. We dry camp and hunt all walk in areas, requiring a whole day just to get an elk out and cleaned, hung, etc...
My daughter enjoyed her first year elk hunting last year and now my boys are both ready. But to go out and not be able to focus on one species does not make it easy to teach them how to hunt. Combining will make for a very stressful week and probably make these new hunters hate hunting.
