Colorado game management unit · herd E-2

Unit 214 elk

Part of the Bears Ears herd. 24 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 17 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-214-W1-R, took 10 pts for residents.

Draw hunts

23 List A · 1 List B/C

Harvest success 2025

28%

159 hunters · 45 elk (draw hunts only)

Herd estimate 2025

17,070

-23% since 2019

Bulls per 100 cows

herd E-2, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 214

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 214

Hunt code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
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-E-003-P1-R	Either sex · Private land only rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	400	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	47%
E-E-214-W1-R	Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle	A	7	10 pts	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-E-214-W2-R	Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle	A	14	5 pts	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-F-003-L1-R	Cow · Late rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	100	5 pts	5 pts	↑ harder	81%
E-F-003-O1-R	Cow · 1st rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	400	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	44%
E-F-003-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	400	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	6%
E-F-004-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	400	2nd choice	2nd choice	↓ easier	29%
E-F-005-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	100	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	13%
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-F-214-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle	A	120	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	28%
E-F-214-O3-R	Cow · 3rd rifle	A	50	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	26%
E-F-214-O4-R	Cow · 4th rifle	A	50	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	33%
E-F-214-W1-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle	A	12	1 pt	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-F-214-W2-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle	A	39	1 pt	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-F-214-W3-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (3) rifle	A	11	2 pts	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-F-214-W4-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (4) rifle	A	39	2nd choice	No applicants	→ steady	57%
E-F-214-W5-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (5) rifle	A	11	2 pts	No applicants	→ steady	70%
E-M-214-O1-R	Bull · 1st rifle · 3, 4, 5, 214, 301, 441	A	75	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	33%
E-M-214-O4-R	Bull · 4th rifle	A	10	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	0%

Harvest by year

2019 32% 2,145 hunters · 376 bulls · 284 cows

2020 27% 2,271 hunters · 345 bulls · 252 cows

2021 28% 2,124 hunters · 294 bulls · 275 cows

2022 33% 1,691 hunters · 301 bulls · 242 cows

2023 26% 1,159 hunters · 225 bulls · 81 cows

2024 26% 1,016 hunters · 166 bulls · 96 cows

2025 28% 159 hunters · 15 bulls · 26 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 code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-F-214-W6-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (6) rifle	—	—	Not offered		→ steady	70%
E-F-214-W7-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (7) rifle	—	—	Not offered			70%