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Colorado game management unit · herd E-10

Unit 31 elk

Part of the Yellow Creek herd. 13 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 13 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-021-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
13
5 List A · 8 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
28%
389 hunters · 109 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
17,890
+44% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
34
herd E-10, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 31

  • 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 31

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-021-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 A 350 Leftover Leftover 30%
E-E-021-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 A 1,150 Leftover Leftover 20%
E-F-021-V1-A Cow · Nonresident archery · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 B 20 Leftover Leftover 0%
E-E-021-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 A 175 0 pts 4 pts → steady 31%
E-F-021-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 B 150 Leftover Leftover → steady 3%
E-E-021-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 A 450 0 pts 1 pt —
E-E-021-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 A 125 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 61%
E-F-021-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 B 75 0 pts 0 pts → steady 32%
E-F-021-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 B 200 0 pts 2 pts → steady 25%
E-F-022-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 22, 31, 32 B 350 Leftover Leftover → steady 51%
E-F-030-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 30, 31, 32 B 250 Leftover Leftover → steady 13%
E-F-030-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 30, 31, 32 B 250 Leftover Leftover → steady 22%
E-F-031-L1-R Cow · Late rifle B 500 3rd choice 2nd choice → steady 28%

Harvest by year

2019 25% 1,663 hunters · 221 bulls · 178 cows
2020 25% 1,532 hunters · 169 bulls · 202 cows
2022 27% 1,742 hunters · 186 bulls · 263 cows
2023 24% 1,566 hunters · 210 bulls · 147 cows
2024 28% 1,597 hunters · 298 bulls · 147 cows
2025 28% 389 hunters · 0 bulls · 109 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-031-W1-R Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle — — Not offered —
E-F-022-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 22, 31, 32 — — Not offered → steady 20%
E-F-022-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 22, 31, 32 — — Not offered → steady 29%
E-F-022-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 22, 31, 32 — — Not offered → steady 31%
E-F-031-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle — — Not offered → steady 23%
E-F-031-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle — — Not offered → steady 16%
E-F-031-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle — — Not offered → steady 30%
E-F-031-W1-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle — — Not offered —
E-F-031-W2-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle — — Not offered —
E-F-031-W3-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (3) rifle — — Not offered —
E-M-021-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 — — Not offered → steady 39%
E-M-021-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 21, 22, 30, 31, 32 — — Not offered → steady 14%