Colorado game management unit · herd E-24

Unit 70 elk

Part of the Disappointment Creek herd. 17 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 17 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-070-O1-A, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts

13 List A · 4 List B/C

Harvest success 2025

37%

2,017 hunters · 742 elk (draw hunts only)

Herd estimate 2025

30,320

+80% since 2019

Bulls per 100 cows

herd E-24, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 70

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

Draw hunts in Unit 70

Hunt code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-E-070-P1-A	Either sex · Private land only archery	A	280	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	29%
E-F-070-O1-A	Cow · Archery	A	200	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	13%
E-M-070-O1-A	Bull · Archery	A	450	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	24%
E-F-070-O1-M	Cow · Muzzleloader	A	50	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	48%
E-M-070-O1-M	Bull · Muzzleloader	A	100	0 pts	4 pts	→ steady	31%
E-E-070-P1-R	Either sex · Private land only rifle	A	250	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	66%
E-E-070-P4-R	Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle	A	125	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	52%
E-F-070-O1-R	Cow · 1st rifle	A	85	0 pts	1 pt	→ steady	54%
E-F-070-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle	A	140	0 pts	2 pts	→ steady	36%
E-F-070-O3-R	Cow · 3rd rifle	A	140	0 pts	1 pt	→ steady	30%
E-F-070-O4-R	Cow · 4th rifle	A	55	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	36%
E-F-070-P2-R	Cow · Private land only (2) rifle	B	220	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	37%
E-F-070-P3-R	Cow · Private land only (3) rifle	B	165	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	38%
E-F-070-P4-R	Cow · Private land only (4) rifle	B	110	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	44%
E-F-070-P5-R	Cow · Private land only (5) rifle	B	25	0 pts	1 pt	→ steady	71%
E-M-070-O1-R	Bull · 1st rifle	A	150	0 pts	3 pts	→ steady	42%
E-M-070-O4-R	Bull · 4th rifle	A	40	0 pts	1 pt	→ steady	26%

Harvest by year

2019 23% 3,798 hunters · 491 bulls · 358 cows

2020 26% 3,127 hunters · 554 bulls · 255 cows

2021 24% 3,165 hunters · 535 bulls · 210 cows

2022 32% 3,068 hunters · 739 bulls · 225 cows

2023 25% 3,346 hunters · 559 bulls · 262 cows

2024 37% 3,448 hunters · 950 bulls · 320 cows

2025 37% 2,017 hunters · 326 bulls · 409 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 code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Trend	Success
E-E-070-O1-M	Either sex · Muzzleloader	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	27%
E-E-070-O1-R	Either sex · 1st rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	45%
E-E-070-O4-R	Either sex · 4th rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	37%
E-F-070-L1-R	Cow · Late rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—