We went last year on our 1st elk hunt and we are going again this coming year. Watch videos on how to hunt them and calling techniques. I would bowhunt as a bow tag can be bought over the counter in CO where we are hunting again. Guides can demand as much as $4000 per hunter and on up. I know many people that have hired guides and never even seen an elk. We saw quite a few elk including several 6X6's and one 7X7 but we just couldn't drag them away from their cows. Icalled a small 4 pt in at 40 yds. I had shots at cows that were 20 yds from me but I was after a bull. Archery tags in CO for non-resident are just under $500 per hunter. We hunted public land near the Durango/Pagosa Springsarea. The area has a lot of elk and a lot of federal public land. Speaking about the $500 price tag for a non-resident; why does it cost a nonresident that much money to hunt FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND? The last I knew, I pay Federal taxes so I am not a nonresident on Federal land; CORRECT?