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As an 11 year resident of Colorado I have watched as hordes of people have moved to the state, each one wanting to close the door behind themselvs and preserve the magic. Well folks it don't work that way. As more people come to Col. the overcrouding, urban sprawl, and subsquent destruction of wildlife habitat, grows ever worse. First to be effected have been the mule deer. Elk will be too. Politically the balance of power has shifted to the anti-growth side. This has resulted in limiting hunting for out of state hunters, despite the complaints of the business interests many of whom depend on out of state hunters for a good deal of their income. It will probably get worse before it gets better, especally if an anti-growth State Constitutional Ammendment is passed.The days of Colorado being a cheep open state to go hunt elk are gone and probably won't come back. If the DOW is successful in managing the elk, future hunts should be of a higher quality, but more expensive and not open to all commers, but still offering more hunting opportunities for elk than any other state.
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