Its a win for archers, now we just need to get the tag allocations right. Like others, I wish they would have made everything for NR limited, but that's yesterday's news. One thing that is interesting is you keep hearing herd this, herd that from the commission, but when you start putting timeframes on the calendar, by the time they start thinking about dealing with the pressured rifle seasons, the wolves (and I'm not a Debbie downer on wolves) will be taking a pretty good hold by then which will change the herd dynamics without question. You will be finding more and more elk pushing into the low country (out of reach for most hunters) while the high country historic hunting areas (for the average Joe) will have less elk. In some cases, much less.
Colorado's landscape will look much different in 2029, going into 2030, so much so, they really need to think about eliminating the 5 year structure, and having the ability to make changes on the fly, or make it every 2 years etc.
In the end, its a win for Bowhunters, the CBA, and residents as well as NRs as maybe the overcrowding will lessen a bit. Time will tell.