I've read before in CDOW reviews that 76 has a general shortage of "big" bulls, but if that's the case, why does it take so many points to draw a tag there?

is it just loaded with elk?

I've spent some summer vacation time up around there, and it looks plenty elky, but I haven't done much hiking there.

there was a bad fire there a while back, and it really scarred the area between Southfork and Creede. we drove the backroads checking it out and were surprised that the fire was SEVERAL years old, and not much re-growth had taken root. This would have been summer of 2014. Might be considerably different now.

I have ZERO hunting experience there. Just telling you what I've seen and heard.

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