RE: Colorado GMU 12
The north of unit 12 has alot of private land. The south end is the Flat tops wilderness. There's one main forest road through the unit with a couple of trail heads headingto the north end and a few to the south. I'd park the truck and head in as far as possible away from any roads.
There were a substantial amount of forest fires in 2002 and I've got to think the old burns would be a good place to start looking but honestly I've yet to spend time there during september when I didn't see a decent number of elk from the road while driving through (and I've passed archery hunters who'd been there all week and not seen an elk...). I know how I'd hunt the unit but I don't care to broadcast that to the rest of the internet...
12 is an odd unit because its limitted for archery and muzz (and of course first rifle) but gets hammered by the general population during the second rifle season so you don't get the full advantage of hunting a limitted entry unit like you would with some other areas in the state.
Either way, that's a beautiful piece of real estate in September. If you hunt hard, you'll get into elk. Have a great time!
Will
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