First CO hunt

Didn,t draw a NM tag this year so I opted for an over the counter CO achery tag. Unit 81 because of the wilderness area (no atvs) a river for fiyfishing and its only about an hour and a half from a place I have in NM. Found out real quick if you want to pee you better have some money. Every store or resturant says buy something or go on down the road. Dropped enough money in the slot to pay for to sites at the southfork campgrounds for three days. It took us a half a day to set up base camp, we just unloaded a trailer full of firewood, the last chore when the state park guy stopped and informed us that they didn't like the way the hunters leave the camp gruonds. He said that they were closing them until next spring and we had until noon the next day to vacate. Next day we relocated to a primitive site,it took all day but it had a better view. The third morning got up a couple hours before daylight to listen for bugles and watch for head lights . The lihtgs give you an idea of where other people are. I watch people when i hunt a new area. Then I start for the places they ain,t. Any way we looked around most of the day and getting aklima, aclima, used to the altitude. Decided that evening to climb down to the river (the conejos) and catch some trout for dinner. Got down there and the river that was flowing good the day before was just a trickle. Went up river to Platora and found out they shut the river off to work on the dam. Most of that night I sat in camp and listened for bugles. Just before daylight a few bulls sounded off once each. For the nexts four days we tried every trick we had. Chaseing bugles, calling, not calling,trying to cut them off, staying up top over night to be above them at daylight, they would not respond to anything. So what I learned on my first CO hunt was, If you have to pee go in the bushes, you can camp on the side of the road but not in the camp grounds,never plan on fish for dinner, and CO bulls are gay. That area is beautiful, rugged, hard ass place to hunt. Just what I,m looking for and if I don,t draw NM agian I,ll be back next year. By the way when they turned the river loose I caught my first brown and rainbow over 18 inches. Hunt hard hunt safe!