I'll have two rifle tags (1 bull, 1 cow) [maybe three if thereare"herd reduction tags)for first rifle season in Colorado.
[I like lots of tags: money goes to a good cause AND it eliminates all the "party hunting" hoopla folks get so wound up about.]
My wife, myself, and five other close friend hunters will be in camp.

The schedule (13 days):
Advance party leaves Friday afternoon (8 days before the season) with the elk trailer (7x14)to the main camp.Wife leads secondary party up early Saturday (7 days before the season opens)morning.
Set up the main camp on Saturday the weekend before the season.
Saturday night use electronic equipment to listen for the elk in 3 different basins.
Two horses delivered on Sunday (6 days before the season opens).
Camp caretaker arrives Sunday with5th wheel trailerand 4WD pickup in case I need to leave for any reason.
Sunday night use electronic gear to listen for elk in the different basins.
Depending on basin selected, set up the spike camp (4+ miles in)on Monday [5 days before the season opens]
Scout liteon Tuesday and Wednesday [4 and 3 days respectively before the season opens].
Banquet night with neighboring elk camps Wednesday night.
Reserve Thursday [2 days before the season opens] morning for resupply trip into town -- hopefully not needed.
Everyone in camp on Thursday all settled in, spike camp inventories set aside.
[Note: most the other elk hunters are just arriving, especially the Newbies]
Take everyone except support team down to spike camp on Friday [1 day before the season opens].
Friday night listen for the elk again to determine final strategies for the next morning.
Season starts Saturday, set out our "picket line" of huntersin three - two man teams.
Do our best to "turn back the attack of the elk" on the opening day - Saturday (Day 1 of the season)
Sunday, (Day 2 of the season) some leftover hunting going onby those who didn't get elk on Saturday.
Sunday and Monday (Days 2 and 3 of the season) packing out elk quartersusinghorses.
Sunday and Monday the majority of hunters are back into the main camp from spike camp
Monday/Tuesday (Days 3 and 4 of the season respectively)the bulk of the hunters are in butchering mode.
All hunting ends by evening Wednesday (Day 5 of the season).
Two of us pack up the spike camp Wednesday, while the rest pre-pack the main camp, except remaining hunters.
Fully load up everything Thursday morning, divide the meat, and go home!
Some years we can accelerate the schedule by one day.

After figuring up all camp expenses we divvy up the money left over in the potfrom the year's hunt --- we run our little group as a break even operation.

That is my elk plans for this year.
EKM