Elk are as real as Big Foot

[thatguy]

So after a year of living in Colorado and getting into the mountains regularly. I have seen God knows how many big horn sheep, mountain goats, deer, pronghorns. 2 moose. Loads of bear sign. Deer in my camp every time I've camped. A pelican in Denver. Yet no elk. At this point I've wrote them off as government conspiracy theory. ELK ARN'T REAL. Spread the message.

On a real note. I've seriously seen more moose than Elk... I can't figure out what gives.....

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[hobbes]

They can be hard to find sometimes, but you need to look somewhere else.

 

[puckhead]

Moose like bogs and creeks and watery stuff. Roads/trails are near creeks and bogs and watery stuff. Elk are very real, just take a drive through RMNP. You'll see so many pet elk. Elk like to graze. Drive any big valley with large cattle ranches and giant hay fields in the winter when the elk are down low, you'll see herds of hundreds.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

The fact that you have lived in Colorado for an entire year and only seen 2 moose tells me that you simply aren't getting out enough. Those dang things are taking over. Just get outside more, you'll eventually see a Bigfoot.

 

[thatguy]

Bringing this back from the dead to let everyone know. I finally seen an elk last week. During Elk season all I saw was deer and moose. Hopefully the curse is broken now

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[Hnthrdr]

Bringing this back from the dead to let everyone know. I finally seen an elk last week. During Elk season all I saw was deer and moose. Hopefully the curse is broken now

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Doubt it but good luck … sorry that was mean haha

 

[longtail]

I refer to them as the "Mythical creatures of the forest"

 

[COJoe]

Elk aren't whole creatures. They are either just rumps, necks or side glances. You think you only see them for a split second but it's actually longer because they are only parts of elk... Thick dark timber helps creates that illusion for me. They sure leave a lot of track and nuggets though! Hope your luck turns for the better this year.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Don’t worry, you’ll see even less when the wolves grab a solid foothold.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Was it really an elk, or a deer or moose that identified as an elk?

 

[Woitey]

My experience mirrors the OP's. The only elk I see are on lands I can't hunt, or out of season. In season, in any GMU I can hunt, with a rifle in my hands, I have a better chance of sitting on a rock and having a cup of coffee with Sasquatch.

 

[stv117]

well maybe you widen your search, Montana might be a good choice, fairly close and there are a good amount of Elk in that state.

it might just be that you haven't identify one you came across once.. have seen pictures of hunt with elk kills on so many hunting forums..

 

[Tjdeerslayer37]

well maybe you widen your search, Montana might be a good choice, fairly close and there are a good amount of Elk in that state.

it might just be that you haven't identify one you came across once.. have seen pictures of hunt with elk kills on so many hunting forums..

I think montana is out, spent 12 days there last year and didnt see any. nor any on the drive out there

 

[young7.3]

If you go to colorado or montana and cant find elk, you are doing something wrong. Go where people aren’t and find an area with north facing slopes with dark timber.


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[Fireflyfishing]

No Elk in MT. Best to stay in CO.

 

[Beendare]

So what you are saying is...you are in the 93%.....don't feel bad, it's a big group.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

So what you are saying is...you are in the 93%.....don't feel bad, it's a big group.

No, MT has no Elk and nobody gets them. Probably should stay home.

 

[IDVortex]

I agree, just ghosts.

 

[3325]

Colorado elk population estimates at 280,000. Wyoming 109,000. Montana 141,000. Idaho 125,000.

In Wyoming, I killed a bull in ‘21, a cow in ‘22, and nothing in ‘23, although I saw elk in ‘23. That’s typical for me over the years. I usually fill my tag about two years in a row and then come up dry one year no matter how hard I hunt.

There are elk to be found. You’re finding elk or you’re not. If you’re not finding elk in one state, are you going to be more successful finding them in another? Maybe, but that’s far from certain.

 

[egreen4257]

So after a year of living in Colorado and getting into the mountains regularly. I have seen God knows how many big horn sheep, mountain goats, deer, pronghorns. 2 moose. Loads of bear sign. Deer in my camp every time I've camped. A pelican in Denver. Yet no elk. At this point I've wrote them off as government conspiracy theory. ELK ARN'T REAL. Spread the message.

On a real note. I've seriously seen more moose than Elk... I can't figure out what gives.....

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I counted 17 bulls in my backyard in Broomfield last night


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