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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-6

Unit 25 elk

Part of the White River herd. 17 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 15 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-025-W1-R, took 11 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
17
16 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
9%
1,546 hunters · 137 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
42,470
-6% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
19
herd E-6, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 25

  • 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 25

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-011-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34 A 1,000 Leftover Leftover 32%
E-E-025-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 1,030 Leftover Leftover 8%
E-E-025-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 150 0 pts 1 pt → steady 19%
E-F-025-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 150 Leftover Leftover → steady 7%
E-E-011-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25 A 700 Leftover Leftover → steady 58%
E-E-025-W1-R Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 7 11 pts No applicants ↑ harder 50%
E-F-025-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 25, 26, 34 A 200 Leftover Leftover → steady 10%
E-F-025-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 25, 26, 34 A 125 0 pts 0 pts → steady 7%
E-F-025-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 25, 26 A 50 0 pts 2 pts → steady 6%
E-F-025-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 25, 26 A 25 3rd choice 2nd choice → steady 9%
E-F-025-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 25, 26, 231 B 300 Leftover Leftover → steady 9%
E-F-025-W1-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 20 1 pt No applicants ↑ harder 50%
E-F-025-W2-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle · 25, 26, 34, 231 A 20 2nd choice No applicants → steady 50%
E-F-034-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 25, 26, 34 A 50 0 pts 0 pts ↓ easier 4%
E-M-011-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25 A 3,000 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 24%
E-M-012-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25 A 500 Leftover Leftover → steady 21%
E-M-025-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 40 Leftover Leftover → steady 6%

Harvest by year

2019 12% 1,659 hunters · 123 bulls · 74 cows
2020 12% 1,804 hunters · 126 bulls · 86 cows
2021 14% 1,859 hunters · 168 bulls · 85 cows
2022 16% 1,764 hunters · 166 bulls · 116 cows
2023 12% 1,954 hunters · 145 bulls · 68 cows
2024 13% 1,721 hunters · 111 bulls · 111 cows
2025 9% 1,546 hunters · 55 bulls · 76 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.