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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-31

Unit 751 elk

Part of the San Juan herd. 14 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 10 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-F-075-O4-R, took 2 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
14
12 List A · 2 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
67%
27 hunters · 18 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
32,320
+71% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
13
herd E-31, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 751

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

Draw hunts in Unit 751

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-075-P1-A Either sex · Private land only archery · 75, 751 A 65 Leftover Leftover → steady 13%
E-F-075-O1-A Cow · Archery · 75, 751 A 65 3rd choice 3rd choice → steady 10%
E-M-075-O1-A Bull · Archery · 75, 751 A 340 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 20%
E-F-075-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 75, 751 A 15 0 pts 0 pts → steady 0%
E-M-075-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 75, 751 A 120 0 pts 0 pts → steady 27%
E-F-075-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle · 75, 751 A 25 1 pt 4 pts → steady 35%
E-F-075-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 75, 751 A 50 1 pt 2 pts → steady 39%
E-F-075-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 75, 751 A 35 1 pt 3 pts → steady 7%
E-F-075-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 75, 751 A 20 2 pts 2 pts → steady 8%
E-F-075-P4-R Cow · Private land only (4) rifle · 75, 751 B 20 0 pts 0 pts → steady 0%
E-F-751-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 200 Leftover Leftover → steady 67%
E-M-075-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 75, 751 A 325 0 pts 0 pts → steady 32%
E-M-075-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 75, 751 A 80 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 8%
E-M-075-P4-R Bull · Private land only (4) rifle · 75, 751 A 25 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 17%

Harvest by year

2019 15% 1,472 hunters · 134 bulls · 82 cows
2020 23% 1,205 hunters · 217 bulls · 54 cows
2021 19% 1,151 hunters · 165 bulls · 55 cows
2022 24% 1,086 hunters · 208 bulls · 47 cows
2023 18% 1,192 hunters · 180 bulls · 35 cows
2024 20% 1,165 hunters · 190 bulls · 43 cows
2025 67% 27 hunters · 0 bulls · 18 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-075-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 75, 751 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-075-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 75, 751 — — Not offered → steady —
E-E-075-P4-R Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle · 75, 751 — — Not offered → steady —