Duck-Slayer
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this is my opinion and take it with a grain of salt, I think if you can't harvest at least a 100 cows out of every zone there is something wrong in that unit and needs too be fixed, they also need too readdress where all the F&g money is going and put more into where it needs too be and that's the survey of the Idaho's game populations and then distribute moneys from there, isn't that the whole point of the F&G is too manage our game populations which includes poaching... thats off the topic though....
I think if you get off the beaten path either in Idaho or colorado you will find elk, that being said I've been hunting (archery) for 10 years and yet too shoot an elk, but I also have many other species that I pay more attention too, but I will say the sightings of elk have gone down since about 2004 or so, and I do the backpack thing, don't get me wrong i've been close more times than I can count but never got that broadside shot at 20 yards i was looking for, and i'm sure not going too pack out a cow when I got 2 deer 2 or more antelope and lots of ducks and geese in the freezer.... so i've been horn hunting so that take my odds of harvesting down even more, I will say most of the places I hunt you may hear 2-3 bugles a day and hardly any of those respond, last year I saw probably 25 elk in 6 days, saw a couple everyday, but they are scared sh!tless and are only in maybe herds of 6 or less... its hard hunting but I think Idaho would be a great option, I have never hunted colorado or I would give my input.... :W:
Matt
I think if you get off the beaten path either in Idaho or colorado you will find elk, that being said I've been hunting (archery) for 10 years and yet too shoot an elk, but I also have many other species that I pay more attention too, but I will say the sightings of elk have gone down since about 2004 or so, and I do the backpack thing, don't get me wrong i've been close more times than I can count but never got that broadside shot at 20 yards i was looking for, and i'm sure not going too pack out a cow when I got 2 deer 2 or more antelope and lots of ducks and geese in the freezer.... so i've been horn hunting so that take my odds of harvesting down even more, I will say most of the places I hunt you may hear 2-3 bugles a day and hardly any of those respond, last year I saw probably 25 elk in 6 days, saw a couple everyday, but they are scared sh!tless and are only in maybe herds of 6 or less... its hard hunting but I think Idaho would be a great option, I have never hunted colorado or I would give my input.... :W:
Matt