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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-30

Unit 741 elk

Part of the Hermosa herd. 16 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 14 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-F-074-O1-R, took 2 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
16
13 List A · 3 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
56%
63 hunters · 35 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
6,710
+40% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
14
herd E-30, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 741

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

Draw hunts in Unit 741

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-074-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 74, 741 A 75 Leftover Leftover → steady 31%
E-F-074-O1-A Cow · Archery · 74, 741 A 25 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 0%
E-M-074-O1-A Bull · Archery · 74, 741 A 450 0 pts 0 pts → steady 14%
E-F-074-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 74, 741 A 15 0 pts 0 pts → steady 13%
E-M-074-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 74, 741 A 180 0 pts 0 pts → steady 29%
E-F-074-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 74, 741 A 15 2 pts 3 pts → steady 23%
E-F-074-P1-R Cow · Private land only rifle · 74, 741 B 10 3rd choice 2nd choice → steady 0%
E-F-074-P4-R Cow · Private land only (4) rifle · 74, 741 B 10 3rd choice None drawn → steady 20%
E-F-741-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 15 Leftover Leftover → steady 30%
E-F-741-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 15 Leftover Leftover → steady 30%
E-F-741-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle A 15 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%
E-F-741-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 50 1 pt 1 pt → steady 83%
E-M-074-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 74, 741 A 275 0 pts 0 pts → steady 29%
E-M-074-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 74, 741 A 40 3rd choice 3rd choice → steady 13%
E-M-074-P1-R Bull · Private land only rifle · 74, 741 A 15 0 pts 0 pts → steady 40%
E-M-074-P4-R Bull · Private land only (4) rifle · 74, 741 A 10 0 pts 0 pts → steady 10%

Harvest by year

2019 30% 490 hunters · 87 bulls · 58 cows
2020 27% 362 hunters · 72 bulls · 21 cows
2021 15% 302 hunters · 29 bulls · 16 cows
2022 21% 322 hunters · 56 bulls · 12 cows
2023 36% 344 hunters · 96 bulls · 25 cows
2024 30% 317 hunters · 70 bulls · 24 cows
2025 56% 63 hunters · 0 bulls · 35 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-074-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 74, 741 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-074-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 74, 741 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-074-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 74, 741 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-074-P4-R Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle · 74, 741 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-741-O2-R Either sex · 2nd rifle — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-741-O3-R Either sex · 3rd rifle — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-741-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle — — Not offered → steady —
E-F-074-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 74, 741 — — Not offered → steady 49%
E-M-741-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle — — Not offered → steady 0%