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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-12

Unit 36 elk

Part of the Piney River herd. 14 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 13 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-F-035-L1-R, took 3 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
14
13 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
10%
293 hunters · 30 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
4,370
+12% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
26
herd E-12, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 36

  • 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 36

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-035-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 35, 36, 361 A 290 Leftover Leftover 14%
E-F-035-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 35, 36, 361 A 130 Leftover Leftover → steady 5%
E-M-035-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 35, 36, 361 A 185 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 15%
E-E-035-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 200 0 pts 1 pt → steady 30%
E-E-035-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 30 Leftover Leftover → steady 52%
E-E-036-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle · 36, 361 A 40 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 13%
E-F-035-L1-R Cow · Late rifle · 35, 36 A 15 3 pts 4 pts ↓ easier 0%
E-F-035-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 150 Leftover Leftover → steady 8%
E-F-035-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 75 0 pts 0 pts → steady 8%
E-F-035-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 10 3rd choice None drawn → steady 0%
E-F-036-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 170 Leftover Leftover → steady 9%
E-F-036-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 36, 361 A 60 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 5%
E-F-036-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 35, 36, 361 A 10 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%
E-F-036-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 36, 361 B 65 Leftover Leftover → steady 28%

Harvest by year

2019 11% 1,353 hunters · 93 bulls · 58 cows
2020 13% 1,501 hunters · 168 bulls · 25 cows
2021 6% 1,481 hunters · 50 bulls · 45 cows
2022 11% 1,381 hunters · 99 bulls · 44 cows
2023 9% 1,349 hunters · 89 bulls · 36 cows
2024 15% 1,196 hunters · 123 bulls · 59 cows
2025 10% 293 hunters · 1 bulls · 29 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.