I drew a cow elk muzzle loader tag in 2010 for the area west of Leadville down to south of Twin Lakes(sorry, can't remember what unit) and hunted in early Sept. I worked at Buena Vista and scouted all summer. It was hot and dry resulting in poor hunting conditions. My partner had a bum hip and couldn't make real long treks so we didn't get more than 3 miles from our vehicle. We discovered the elk were traveling in 4-5 day loops and we couldn't catch up to their next loop.
Bottom line-no elk seen.
