02-04-2021, 11:17 PM
I don't have any answers, but I certainly can chime in on how insanely busy and packed it was this year. Open bull elk tags sold out in hours which is utterly unheard of, so I ended up with a spike only, and only sorta hunted. First time in my hunting lifetime I wasn't able to secure an open bull elk tag.
I spent around 15-20 days in the Boulder area like I do every year, fly fishing and hiking. Places where I normally wouldn't see a person for days, I was running into many people daily. They all seemed to be from California, Washington, Oregon, and various other places. The small mountain lakes were busier than I've ever experienced, and this was after schools were back in session. Well, at least in this state and everywhere except SLC.
The garbage left everywhere was shocking. I personally removed 9 55 gallon garbage bags from one camp area's bear boxes, and bags of garbage from other backpacking campsites where people just left all their trash in the bear boxes. It was disgusting. I've never seen anything like it.
I spent around 15-20 days in the Boulder area like I do every year, fly fishing and hiking. Places where I normally wouldn't see a person for days, I was running into many people daily. They all seemed to be from California, Washington, Oregon, and various other places. The small mountain lakes were busier than I've ever experienced, and this was after schools were back in session. Well, at least in this state and everywhere except SLC.
The garbage left everywhere was shocking. I personally removed 9 55 gallon garbage bags from one camp area's bear boxes, and bags of garbage from other backpacking campsites where people just left all their trash in the bear boxes. It was disgusting. I've never seen anything like it.