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Originally posted by Pirate's Life:
Biggest elk herd in the world and they kill more elk than anyother state. But just asking about elk doesn't leave much room for giving specific info. You need to ask yourself how you want to hunt? Do you want to use rifle, bow or blackpowder becasue they have different seasons and different regulations.

Are you after a bull or a cow? If you want a bull do you want a trophy or just any bull? Do you want to hunt the early season or later in the year? Do you want to hunt on your own or hire a guide? Public land or private land? What is your level of fitness? Can you hike all day on a backpack hunt or do you need to be within a half mile of the road? How are you set for gear? Do you own it or do you need to arrange for it? Are you able to take care of a 500-800 lb animal or do you need help with it?

All of these questions and more are important considerations. I was born in CO and have personally taken 25 elk and have seen over 100 others taken. Every elk hunt is different.

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Originally posted by just-a-hunter:
No matter what state or hunt, you get what you pay for.

2,000-5,000 will get you a good elk hunt.

5,000-7,000 will get you a pretty good chance at a 6 point.

7,000-10,000 should get you a good chance at a 300" class bull

10,000-15,000 will get a hunt up to about 340" and,

15K+ at 350 glass bulls and better.

Keep in mind I'm not saying you can't luck into a good bull on the cheaper hunts but on average all the places I have guided from raghorns in Co. to exeptional bulls on CWMU properties in Utah to RFW properties back in Colorado, the above prices are what a property/outfitters scoring average will be or close to.

As far as 6x6 trophy bulls I would not recomend Colorado as they are good at growing numbers and lack on the score aspect. Utah, Arizona and New Mexico is were I would head for 350ish bulls.

If you are set on Colorado, the North West corner of the state has some good bulls in it but just a voucher for a tag will bring 10-12K, not including guide services.

Good luck,

Todd