This was my first year hunting Colorado as a Resident, and honestly I was absolutely blown away by the number of hunters and the experience as a result. Those of you saying that primitive weapons makes things better I say BS, I hiked in 4.5 miles during muzzleloader to set up my spike camp and there were so many archery hunters in there it was ridiculous.i literally met 13 different hunters in one day, and 2/3 of them were not from Colorado. They were from Texas,Oklahoma, Indiana and other places. There were meadows that I intended on hunting above 10,000 and there were literally tent camps in them when I got up there. I had to quit bugling because it brought hunters to me. 2nd rifle for deer and my son had an elk tag was absolutely insane. It looked like a small city from above looking down into the valleys an hr before first light as hunters prepared to go out and hunt. Even hunting high ridges and basins we ran into other hunters at every turn. To be real honest it’s a pretty big let down to move here and be so excited to hunt and then experience what I did. I’m sure some people are successful but what I saw was that the majority aren’t and man it’s a lotta work to execute these hunts and only leave diappointed. Most hunting I have done invoivles the hunter being more cunning than the animal he hunts, here the human pressure factor here is completely unavoidable and saps so much of the excitement out of the hunt. It’s a big state with lots of wilderness but it’s absolutely astonishing how many people are out there doing the same thing at the same time. Reminds me of combat fishing for salmon in Alaska but at least in that the odds are good, here not so much. I’m sure some will respond with “I never saw a single hunter where we were at” man I sure wish I knew where that is! I can’t see how continuing to give res and non-res unlimited OTC archery and rifle tags and think that this working. I think it should be draw for everything and they have to reduce the number of non-res hunters, it’s just too much. Although we all know that the state only cares about one thing and that’s $$$, they don’t care how many non - res hunters leave here empty handed every season as long as they get their $661 for that tag that gives them hope of success!