Colorado is great for color phase bears. I don't think i've ever seen a pure black bear in my area, but bear hunting here is tough. I still like to hunt them, because it's a month long season. Tags are also easy to get with no points.

My buddy lives near where you want to hunt. I tell him to go hunt bear there, but he never does. I never checked, and didn't know any unit took that many points. The DOW is very generous with bear tags now. They thought we had 10,000 bears in Colorado, but discovered a better way to count them, and it turned out we have 18,000. They increased bear tags right away, and added more seasons. Good time for bear hunters now.