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Colorado game management unit · herd E-5

Unit 63 elk

Part of the West Elk Mountains herd. 14 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 14 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-063-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
14
12 List A · 2 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
21%
697 hunters · 149 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
10,230
+33% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
28
herd E-5, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 63

  • 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 63

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-063-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery A 330 Leftover Leftover 26%
E-F-063-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader A 35 Leftover Leftover → steady 14%
E-M-063-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader A 35 0 pts 0 pts → steady 27%
E-E-053-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 53, 63 A 85 Leftover Leftover → steady 49%
E-E-053-P4-R Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle · 53, 63 A 65 Leftover Leftover → steady 19%
E-F-053-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 53, 63 A 60 Leftover Leftover → steady 20%
E-F-053-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 53, 63 B 100 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 31%
E-F-063-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle A 100 Leftover Leftover → steady 16%
E-F-063-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 80 0 pts 0 pts → steady 8%
E-F-063-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 45 0 pts 0 pts → steady 23%
E-F-063-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 53, 63 A 30 Leftover Leftover → steady 29%
E-F-063-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 200 Leftover Leftover → steady 31%
E-M-063-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle A 100 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 14%
E-M-063-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle A 15 0 pts 0 pts → steady 0%

Harvest by year

2019 19% 1,426 hunters · 104 bulls · 149 cows
2020 20% 1,574 hunters · 114 bulls · 173 cows
2021 15% 1,481 hunters · 107 bulls · 118 cows
2022 19% 1,480 hunters · 150 bulls · 129 cows
2023 17% 1,502 hunters · 116 bulls · 115 cows
2024 20% 1,480 hunters · 165 bulls · 120 cows
2025 21% 697 hunters · 58 bulls · 88 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.