Mooseknuckle22
FNG
I'm taking my dad to Colorado opening week for his first ever elk hunt and when I talked to him today he said his goal was just to see an elk. I went by myself last year for the first time and shot a calf but we decided not to go there again because there were a ton of hunters/roads. We're going to the Maroon Bells Wilderness area and will be carrying camp on our back and hunting for seven days. We're in good shape and will be hiking until we get into some fresh sign but I just want to get an idea of our chances of actually seeing elk. Would our best bet be to get up high and glass or mark dark timber areas on the gps and check them out until we find elk? Do you regular elk hunters hunt this way often without seeing any elk for a week at a time?