I'm a longtime lurker, rare poster. I have been to CO for a few OTC/OYO elk hunts with mixed success but always had a wonderful time. I'm planning to try again this fall. In preparation, I have reviewed CO Department of Wildlife data from OTC units. I primarily look at numbers of hunters and success rates. Specifically, I was looking at southern CO, as I lived in NM for 10 years and frequently hunted NW of Tres Piedras. In units 851 and 140, the hunter success is very high (40-60%) and hunter numbers low. Using maps on the website, there appears to be mostly private land with small parcels of SWA. What am I missing here? What data is CDW using to come up with these numbers? Surely, the data is skewed in some way or why isn't everybody hunting there? Any help would be appreciated, I'm probably missing something that is obvious.