while I wish the young lady the best of luck,
it has nothing to do with skill,its simply a numbers game.
I doubt youll see bears very often, in the BLM/or open to the public areas,
unless you bait them,
simply because in nearly 50 years of hunting
colorado , wyoming and norther california for mule deer and elk
and having spent a great deal of time getting in close to deer and elk,
I,ve seldom seen black bears, they are simply not as numerous as
deer or elk thus your odds of seeing one tend to be lower unless
you can bait them which is not legal in many areas

its not legal to bait bears in colorado
theres 20-50 times as many deer or elk as legal shoot-able size bears, (less than 1/3rd the population by most estimates)
theres over 300,000 of deer/elk each last time I looked at the statistics
simple math and experience in the field says its just not as likely youll see bear as deer or elk and theres statistically less than a 30% chance your average hunter collects an elk.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the state's black bear population has boomed to an estimated 19,000, up from 12,000 in the early 2000s, creating the potential for more human-bear conflicts. Mark Vieira, a CPW wildlife biologist in Fort Collins, said there are more bears now in Northern Colorado than 30-40 years ago

http://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pa...arHtgTips.aspx

BAITING.It is against the law to hunt big game over bait, whether or not the person hunting personally placed the bait. Bait means to put, expose, distribute or scatter salt, minerals, grain, animal parts or other food as an attraction for big game. Salt or mineral blocks used for normal agricultural purposes are not considered bait. Scent ​sticks that smell like food are illegal for bears.​​ ​​


https://www.gohunt.com/read/elk-numbers-across-6-states