Colorado game management unit · herd E-14

Unit 421 elk

Part of the Grand Mesa herd. 13 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 13 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-041-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts

6 List A · 7 List B/C

Harvest success 2025

16%

690 hunters · 109 elk (draw hunts only)

Herd estimate 2025

14,840

-4% since 2019

Bulls per 100 cows

herd E-14, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 421

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

Draw hunts in Unit 421

Hunt code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
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-411-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle · 411, 421	B	65	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	0%
E-F-421-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle · 411, 421	B	345	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	8%
E-F-421-O3-R	Cow · 3rd rifle	B	115	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	15%
E-F-421-O4-R	Cow · 4th rifle	B	30	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	11%
E-F-421-P5-R	Cow · Private land only (5) rifle	B	350	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	25%
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 14% 3,805 hunters · 284 bulls · 222 cows

2020 13% 3,437 hunters · 247 bulls · 180 cows

2021 15% 3,663 hunters · 242 bulls · 261 cows

2022 15% 3,502 hunters · 261 bulls · 229 cows

2023 17% 3,165 hunters · 311 bulls · 214 cows

2024 19% 3,432 hunters · 327 bulls · 300 cows

2025 16% 690 hunters · 0 bulls · 106 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 code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-F-421-L1-R	Cow · Late rifle	—	—	Not offered			—