Dave:

First Things First: Learn to camp at home. Car camping is so easy that there's not too much to learn. Eventually learn to backpack. Once you've mastered those skills, MILLIONS of acres of public land hunting is available to you in the Rocky Mountain states.

I'll send you via PM, an article which I have posted so many times that regulars are tired of seeing it.

I'll also re-post the articles that PaulBarnard posted. Lots of good info there.

https://www.montanadecoy.com/news/find-the-best-colorado-otc-elk-hunting-units

http://www.backcountrychronicles.com/colorado-otc-elk-tags/

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/10-best-places-kill-elk-u-s/

KC


Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.