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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-23

Unit 581 elk

Part of the Eleven Mile herd. 10 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 10 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-059-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
10
4 List A · 6 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
20%
227 hunters · 45 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
4,300
+6% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
34
herd E-23, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 581

  • List B Archery cow (resident) E-F-000-U1-A
  • 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 581

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-059-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 59, 511, 581, 591 A 220 Leftover Leftover 11%
E-F-059-V1-A Cow · Nonresident archery · 59, 511, 581, 591 B 10 Leftover Leftover —
E-F-059-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 59, 511, 581, 591 B 120 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 9%
E-M-059-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 59, 511, 581, 591 A 100 0 pts 1 pt → steady 10%
E-F-059-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 59, 581 B 50 0 pts 1 pt → steady 0%
E-F-059-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 59, 581 B 80 0 pts 0 pts → steady 6%
E-F-059-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 59, 581 B 60 0 pts 0 pts → steady 4%
E-F-581-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 300 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 20%
E-M-059-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 59, 581 A 100 0 pts 0 pts → steady 22%
E-M-059-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 59, 581 A 180 Leftover Leftover → steady 2%

Harvest by year

2019 9% 1,551 hunters · 102 bulls · 43 cows
2020 11% 1,710 hunters · 58 bulls · 123 cows
2021 11% 1,581 hunters · 72 bulls · 102 cows
2022 10% 1,508 hunters · 77 bulls · 61 cows
2023 11% 1,609 hunters · 95 bulls · 78 cows
2024 13% 1,521 hunters · 115 bulls · 81 cows
2025 20% 227 hunters · 0 bulls · 45 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-059-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 59, 581 — — Not offered —
E-E-059-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 59, 581 — — Not offered → steady 15%