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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-16

Unit 444 elk

Part of the Frying Pan River herd. 10 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 9 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-044-O1-R, took 1 pt for residents.

Draw hunts
10
4 List A · 6 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
27%
360 hunters · 98 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
11,930
+93% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
28
herd E-16, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 444

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

Draw hunts in Unit 444

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-044-O1-A Either sex · Archery · 44, 45, 47, 444 A 1,000 2nd choice 2nd choice 16%
E-F-044-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 44, 45, 47, 444 B 125 2nd choice 2nd choice ↓ easier 19%
E-M-044-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 44, 45, 47, 444 A 250 0 pts 0 pts → steady 28%
E-F-044-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 B 200 2nd choice 2nd choice ↓ easier 23%
E-F-444-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle B 215 Leftover Leftover ↓ easier 19%
E-F-444-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle B 150 Leftover Leftover ↓ easier 18%
E-F-444-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle B 40 Leftover Leftover → steady 40%
E-F-444-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 100 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 65%
E-M-044-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 A 100 1 pt 4 pts → steady 42%
E-M-444-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 65 Leftover Leftover → steady 17%

Harvest by year

2019 11% 731 hunters · 77 bulls · 0 cows
2020 20% 843 hunters · 169 bulls · 0 cows
2021 15% 878 hunters · 124 bulls · 6 cows
2022 16% 887 hunters · 139 bulls · 0 cows
2023 17% 992 hunters · 130 bulls · 33 cows
2024 21% 1,199 hunters · 166 bulls · 81 cows
2025 27% 360 hunters · 8 bulls · 85 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-044-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-044-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 — — Not offered ↑ harder —
E-E-044-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-444-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle — — Not offered → steady —
E-F-044-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 44, 45, 47, 444 — — Not offered ↑ harder —
E-M-044-O1-A Bull · Archery · 44, 45, 47, 444 — — Not offered → steady 7%