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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-3

Unit 16 elk

Part of the North Park herd. 17 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 12 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-006-W1-R, took 12 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
17
10 List A · 7 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
10%
277 hunters · 27 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
6,510
-6% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
26
herd E-3, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 16

  • List B Archery cow (resident) E-F-000-U1-A
  • 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 16

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-006-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 1,240 Leftover Leftover 11%
E-F-006-V1-A Cow · Nonresident archery · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 B 15 Leftover Leftover 0%
E-E-006-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 400 0 pts 1 pt → steady 18%
E-F-006-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 B 150 3rd choice 3rd choice → steady 6%
E-E-006-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 750 0 pts 0 pts → steady 15%
E-E-006-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 70 Leftover Leftover → steady 54%
E-E-006-W1-R Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 5 12 pts No applicants ↓ easier 40%
E-E-016-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle A 75 Leftover Leftover → steady 9%
E-F-006-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 B 1,400 Leftover Leftover → steady 9%
E-F-006-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 B 1,400 Leftover Leftover → steady 8%
E-F-006-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 B 500 Leftover Leftover → steady 29%
E-F-006-W1-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 7 4 pts No applicants ↑ harder 40%
E-F-006-W2-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 5 4 pts No applicants ↑ harder 40%
E-F-006-W3-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (3) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 5 2 pts No applicants → steady 40%
E-F-006-W4-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (4) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 A 5 3 pts No applicants → steady 40%
E-F-016-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle B 160 Leftover Leftover → steady 10%
E-F-016-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle B 80 Leftover Leftover → steady 10%

Harvest by year

2019 16% 2,027 hunters · 149 bulls · 174 cows
2020 16% 2,188 hunters · 130 bulls · 194 cows
2021 11% 2,224 hunters · 110 bulls · 120 cows
2022 11% 2,035 hunters · 100 bulls · 123 cows
2023 12% 1,838 hunters · 90 bulls · 132 cows
2024 15% 1,839 hunters · 73 bulls · 199 cows
2025 10% 277 hunters · 0 bulls · 22 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.

Discontinued hunts

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-006-W2-R Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 — — Not offered ↑ harder 44%
E-F-006-P2-R Cow · Private land only (2) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 — — Not offered → steady 18%
E-F-006-P3-R Cow · Private land only (3) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 — — Not offered → steady 18%
E-F-006-P4-R Cow · Private land only (4) rifle · 6, 16, 17, 161, 171 — — Not offered → steady 18%
E-F-016-P3-R Cow · Private land only (3) rifle — — Not offered → steady 24%
E-F-016-P4-R Cow · Private land only (4) rifle — — Not offered → steady 24%