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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-34

Unit 76 elk

Part of the Upper Rio Grande herd. 10 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 4 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-076-E1-R, took 22 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
10
10 List A · 0 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
30%
1,162 hunters · 345 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
4,460
-31% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
27
herd E-34, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 76

No over-the-counter elk licenses are valid in Unit 76 in 2026 — every license here comes through the draw or leftovers.

Draw hunts in Unit 76

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-076-O1-A Either sex · Archery A 160 10 pts 20 pts → steady 28%
E-F-076-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader A 30 0 pts 1 pt → steady 23%
E-M-076-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader A 70 12 pts 26 pts ↑ harder 45%
E-F-076-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 220 0 pts 1 pt → steady 30%
E-F-076-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 200 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 11%
E-F-076-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle A 200 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 11%
E-M-076-E1-R Bull · Early rifle A 30 22 pts 29 pts ↑ harder 83%
E-M-076-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle A 190 9 pts 21 pts ↑ harder 57%
E-M-076-O2-R Bull · 2nd rifle A 50 8 pts 20 pts → steady 50%
E-M-076-O3-R Bull · 3rd rifle A 10 10 pts 21 pts ↑ harder 22%

Harvest by year

2019 37% 1,006 hunters · 272 bulls · 90 cows
2020 46% 968 hunters · 274 bulls · 165 cows
2021 33% 1,009 hunters · 218 bulls · 100 cows
2022 41% 1,091 hunters · 254 bulls · 178 cows
2023 32% 1,118 hunters · 240 bulls · 104 cows
2024 46% 1,138 hunters · 262 bulls · 227 cows
2025 30% 1,162 hunters · 227 bulls · 113 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.