What's the difference?

[Commando]

When putting in for special elk hunts/ draws what's the difference between the quality and bull category?

[JimmyHoffa]

Quality tends to focus on timing and smaller numbers of hunters (like the rut and in a GMU getting low pressure at the time).  Bull seems to coincide with general seasons, though, not always in a GMU open to a general season.

[Commando]

Thanks. So after looking over the regs I see most of the quality hunts are in Oct. Is it safe to say if I am primarily a archery guy should I concentrate on putting in for bull tags if i want to stay in the archery season?

[sabot92]

Put in for both quality and bull tags. There's great opportunities on both tags for archery hunters. Early season and late season tags available.