I had to get a HE card to hunt elk in Colorado some years back. It was a strange and, to my mind, quite random and unsafe process. For example, the folks running it were basically a rural family who contracted with the state somehow; it was just set up on their property and was very informal. There was a frightening lack of muzzle awareness among the mostly-young attendees. Basically there was no range officer, just a whole lot of loaded rifles waving around, and as they tried to demonstrate different hunting scenarios, what constituted "down range" changed repeatedly and without clear unambiguous delineation. Hopefully it's better in CO and for that matter, better here now.
