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We hunted 1st rifle season. Weather was pretty good & typical for that time of year (mid-October). I was a little disappointed that we did not hear any bugling or really get to see any rutting activity. The elk were in pretty big herds for the most part. I guess the weather had been mild enough that all of the elk were still way above timberline where it was impossible to get closer than 500 yards to them. I went into this expecting shots no more than 300 yards. It seems like a good area and was pretty rugged. The horses did well on the rough terrain but the horse I was on wanted to run all the damn time so my rating for horses was excellent with the exception to the one I was on. The bulls we seen were all framed up pretty nice, likely typical of Colorado quality. Couldn't say for sure as we viewed them at such distances. Camp was comfortable and food was excellent. The only real complaint was that when the elk were NOT where the guide & outfitter expected them to be, it was as if we weren't allowed to go look for them elsewhere. I was led to believe they were just down in the timber and we had to wait them out. After a day of this we went to another spot and got on a small herd with at least 1 shooter but we bumped them. Then on day three we had to go back to where we found nothing on day 1 instead of where we found elk on day 2. I still don't understand this. There was lots of old sign there and we actually had 4 other hunters come in on foot to where we had ridden horses for an hour & a half to get to. Later that day after some prodding to the guide, we went off to search some other areas and found a herd of about 120 elk but the other guides & hunters in camp were already hunting them. Early on day four I fell and dislocated my shoulder which hampered my hunting the rest of that day. But we did still get in on 2 spikes but no legal bulls. That night a big storm blew in and with the general lack of opportunity, my pain and the weather we opted to pack out a day early.