if there are a lot of hunters there must be a lot of elk.
Colorado does boast the biggest elk herd in the Continental US, however,a lot of those elk are on private land ( think big bucks to hunt them). Then a lot of the elk are in country not accessible to day hunters.
Typical yearly success rate of kills for all elk combined, cows, bulls,calves in all seasons, archery,Ml,rifle runs 16-20% with that percentage being pushed up to those numbers by a lot of cows being shot,but also reduced because archery hunter success is usually below 14%.
CPW would like you to believe there is an elk behind every tree,but as the saying goes, there are no trees.
