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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-22

Unit 57 elk

Part of the Buffalo Peaks herd. 12 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 6 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-057-O1-R, took 3 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
12
11 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
32%
1,367 hunters · 439 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
3,500
-5% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
33
herd E-22, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 57

No over-the-counter elk licenses are valid in Unit 57 in 2026 — every license here comes through the draw or leftovers.

Draw hunts in Unit 57

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-057-O1-A Either sex · Archery · 57, 58 A 180 2 pts 4 pts → steady 23%
E-F-057-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 57, 58 A 90 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 22%
E-M-057-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 57, 58 A 100 2 pts 7 pts → steady 50%
E-F-057-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 57, 58 A 100 0 pts 0 pts → steady 16%
E-F-057-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 57, 58 A 145 0 pts 0 pts → steady 21%
E-F-057-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 57, 58 A 145 0 pts 1 pt → steady 8%
E-F-057-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 57, 58 A 130 0 pts 0 pts → steady 38%
E-F-057-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 57, 58 B 250 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 36%
E-M-057-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 57, 58 A 80 3 pts 9 pts → steady 56%
E-M-057-O2-R Bull · 2nd rifle · 57, 58 A 80 3 pts 5 pts → steady 33%
E-M-057-O3-R Bull · 3rd rifle · 57, 58 A 80 3 pts 5 pts → steady 41%
E-M-057-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 57, 58 A 80 2 pts 3 pts → steady 62%

Harvest by year

2019 17% 714 hunters · 65 bulls · 44 cows
2020 21% 631 hunters · 59 bulls · 71 cows
2022 26% 581 hunters · 86 bulls · 64 cows
2023 31% 584 hunters · 78 bulls · 98 cows
2024 34% 483 hunters · 71 bulls · 86 cows
2025 32% 1,367 hunters · 239 bulls · 185 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.