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

Unit 33 elk

Part of the White River herd. 13 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 13 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-033-O1-A, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
13
11 List A · 2 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
15%
1,537 hunters · 225 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 33

  • List A 2nd rifle bull E-M-000-U2-R
  • List A 3rd rifle bull E-M-000-U3-R

Draw hunts in Unit 33

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-033-O1-A Either sex · Archery · 23, 24, 33 A 650 0 pts 3 pts → steady 19%
E-E-012-P1-M Either sex · Private land only muzzleloader · 12, 13, 23, 24, 33 A 50 0 pts 0 pts → steady 46%
E-E-033-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 23, 24, 33 A 100 0 pts 6 pts → steady 29%
E-F-012-P1-M Cow · Private land only muzzleloader · 12, 13, 23, 24, 33 B 100 Leftover Leftover → steady 11%
E-F-033-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 23, 24, 33 A 100 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 19%
E-E-033-P4-R Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle A 25 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%
E-F-011-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 33 A 1,500 Leftover Leftover → steady 10%
E-F-033-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 400 Leftover Leftover → steady 5%
E-F-033-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 250 Leftover Leftover → steady 7%
E-F-033-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle A 50 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%
E-F-033-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 100 Leftover Leftover → steady 19%
E-M-033-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 115 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%

Harvest by year

2019 9% 3,199 hunters · 146 bulls · 123 cows
2020 12% 2,930 hunters · 180 bulls · 134 cows
2021 11% 2,694 hunters · 132 bulls · 160 cows
2022 15% 2,697 hunters · 169 bulls · 202 cows
2023 11% 2,351 hunters · 131 bulls · 91 cows
2024 14% 2,161 hunters · 175 bulls · 121 cows
2025 15% 1,537 hunters · 146 bulls · 70 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.