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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-20

Unit 61 elk

Part of the Uncompahgre herd. 13 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 3 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-061-E1-R, took 23 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
13
12 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
50%
1,384 hunters · 696 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
16,680
+61% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
29
herd E-20, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 61

No over-the-counter elk licenses are valid in Unit 61 in 2026 — every license here comes through the draw or leftovers.

Draw hunts in Unit 61

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-061-O1-A Either sex · Archery A 90 17 pts 28 pts ↑ harder 49%
E-F-061-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader A 50 2 pts 5 pts → steady 51%
E-M-061-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader A 45 18 pts 30 pts ↑ harder 66%
E-E-061-E1-R Either sex · Early rifle A 40 23 pts 32 pts ↑ harder 86%
E-F-061-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle A 100 2 pts 2 pts ↓ easier 51%
E-F-061-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 225 1 pt 1 pt → steady 49%
E-F-061-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 255 0 pts 1 pt → steady 34%
E-F-061-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle A 300 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 29%
E-F-061-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 150 2nd choice 0 pts ↓ easier 68%
E-M-061-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle A 130 15 pts 27 pts ↑ harder 71%
E-M-061-O2-R Bull · 2nd rifle A 120 11 pts 26 pts → steady 68%
E-M-061-O3-R Bull · 3rd rifle A 50 10 pts 25 pts → steady 71%
E-M-061-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 40 9 pts 25 pts → steady 75%

Harvest by year

2019 45% 1,098 hunters · 218 bulls · 264 cows
2020 59% 1,112 hunters · 284 bulls · 359 cows
2021 53% 1,146 hunters · 272 bulls · 313 cows
2022 53% 1,181 hunters · 288 bulls · 318 cows
2023 53% 1,114 hunters · 267 bulls · 288 cows
2024 56% 1,296 hunters · 299 bulls · 398 cows
2025 50% 1,384 hunters · 303 bulls · 366 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-F-061-L1-R Cow · Late rifle — — Not offered → steady —