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Colorado game management unit · herd E-2

Unit 14 elk

Part of the Bears Ears herd. 11 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 11 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-F-014-O2-R, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
11
10 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
23%
857 hunters · 198 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
17,070
-23% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
22
herd E-2, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 14

  • List A Archery either-sex (resident) E-E-000-U1-A
  • List A 2nd rifle bull E-M-000-U2-R
  • List A 3rd rifle bull E-M-000-U3-R

Draw hunts in Unit 14

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-003-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 3, 4, 5, 14, 214, 301, 441 A 660 Leftover Leftover 22%
E-E-014-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 14, 214 A 600 Leftover Leftover 25%
E-E-014-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 14, 214 A 200 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 22%
E-F-014-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 14, 214 A 30 3rd choice 3rd choice → steady 0%
E-F-014-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle A 50 2nd choice 0 pts ↓ easier 14%
E-F-014-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 70 0 pts 0 pts → steady 22%
E-F-014-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 30 0 pts 0 pts → steady 10%
E-F-014-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 14, 214 A 25 Leftover Leftover → steady 27%
E-F-014-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 14, 214 B 150 Leftover Leftover → steady 27%
E-M-014-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle A 125 0 pts 1 pt → steady 30%
E-M-014-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 50 Leftover Leftover → steady 24%

Harvest by year

2019 10% 3,130 hunters · 210 bulls · 103 cows
2020 10% 3,184 hunters · 181 bulls · 133 cows
2021 11% 2,575 hunters · 177 bulls · 96 cows
2022 12% 2,791 hunters · 210 bulls · 105 cows
2023 6% 2,038 hunters · 89 bulls · 24 cows
2024 12% 1,293 hunters · 126 bulls · 25 cows
2025 23% 857 hunters · 114 bulls · 81 cows

All seasons and weapons combined, from CPW harvest surveys. 2025 figures add up the hunt-code estimates CPW published, so they leave out over-the-counter hunters.