Quote Originally Posted by gnihcraes View Post
Report from archery camp - Not seeing any Elk on top of Flattops (Rifle), appears they have all moved down into the valleys already.

it's also a fairly big burn area (nearby) so that might have forced them out of the area too. (Cabin Creek Fire I believe)
FWIW, the Cabin Creek Fire (which I've pictured) didn't touch the Flat Tops Wilderness or the Flat Tops Plateau, and the vast majority of the 20K+ elk there don't move off the top until snow builds up in late October and early November. A suggestion, the archery camp hunters might focus more time hunting and less on negative prognosticating. The elk are everywhere up there. The season is short, don't waste time in hunting camp. Be in the forest from dark to dark and you'll kill an elk. You have to decide what's important.