I peruse lots of threads on RS to get a feel for other states and how guys are doing in general. I've never hunted CO for anything, but every year I consider going there for elk. I've even got a few points saved up - enough to get me out of an OTC unit, for no other reason than to have smaller crowds. What I can't figure out is this- does CO have good elk hunting or not? (I'm generally talking archery here). When I read RS threads, it seems like a LOT of guys come home empty handed. Not just empty handed, but with stories like "I got into a herd of elk on day 5, but couldn't seal the deal. Didn't see any other elk after that" or "Heard two bugles on day 6 but nothing else" or "saw lots of hunters, very few elk, no bugles"... I mean, CO is supposed to have more elk than anywhere else, so how are people not seeing elk EVERYDAY? I hunt in AZ in some average elk units, and I see elk everyday. I get that the hunting pressure is much lower, but I also presume that the density is lower. I see guys like Born N Raised going into CO and it seems like they are doing multiple stalks every day. The Gritty Bowmen guys say they go out and call and get into elk everyday. Are they in pockets? Are these just the honey holes? Are they in draw units? The more I read about CO, the more I wonder if it's really worth the effort to get away from the crowds (which sounds impossible nowadays) to chase elk.