Originally Posted by 17_wizzer


I also believe more licenses issued and thus more hunters in the field

2015 221,274 elk hunters
2016 223,745 elk hunters

I guess 2500 more hunters isn't much as far as statistical significance, sure felt like I saw more guys in the field.


There are 223K Elk hunters? 39K elk killed? Thats a success rate of >6%! Those are horrible odds.

Are there really that many elk hunters in CO?

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