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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-14

Unit 42 elk

Part of the Grand Mesa herd. 12 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 12 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-041-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
12
6 List A · 6 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
20%
885 hunters · 177 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
14,840
-4% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
20
herd E-14, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 42

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

Draw hunts in Unit 42

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-041-O1-A Either sex · Archery · 41, 42, 421 A 2,000 Leftover Leftover → steady 13%
E-E-041-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 41, 42, 421 A 190 Leftover Leftover 24%
E-F-041-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421 B 315 Leftover Leftover → steady 10%
E-M-041-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421, 521 A 500 0 pts 0 pts → steady 23%
E-E-041-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421 A 200 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 55%
E-F-041-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421 B 200 0 pts 0 pts → steady 15%
E-F-042-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle B 300 Leftover Leftover → steady 16%
E-F-042-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle B 315 Leftover Leftover → steady 15%
E-F-042-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle B 110 Leftover Leftover → steady 15%
E-F-042-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 275 3rd choice 2nd choice → steady 32%
E-M-041-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421, 521 A 950 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 28%
E-M-041-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 41, 42, 52, 411, 421 A 250 Leftover Leftover → steady 12%

Harvest by year

2019 16% 3,507 hunters · 208 bulls · 304 cows
2020 18% 3,047 hunters · 247 bulls · 267 cows
2021 14% 3,091 hunters · 153 bulls · 288 cows
2022 22% 3,237 hunters · 354 bulls · 325 cows
2023 20% 3,179 hunters · 357 bulls · 271 cows
2024 21% 3,093 hunters · 312 bulls · 311 cows
2025 20% 885 hunters · 0 bulls · 171 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.