RE: Colorado DOW misinforming hunters
Your friend in Gunnison gave just as bad of info. as you say the DOW here in CO did. Sounds like a great friend. You picked the area, you knew about the winter kill, sounds like there was plenty of blame to toss around.
Elk hunting in CO was excellent. Hunted 3 days to find the big herd, fourth morning picked out my animal at first light and dropped it where it stood, spent the rest of the day prepping it to bring home.