Colorado can be very hot especially in all the early seasons. The fires here have ravaged elk habitat which will concentrate hunters in the few remaining units. Hard to be remote enough to not see other hunters. Each year the herds of hunters get bigger, and will be even more so this year now that our preference point system has been ruined. There will be more out of state hunters than ever before hunting the over the counter seasons. Beetle killed trees are all falling creating even more deadfalls to walk over. Best to look in another state besides Colorado.