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.
If you're willing to do a hike/pack in/out type hunt, you can push your success rate to nearly 100%.
