Colorado game management unit · herd E-34

Unit 79 elk

Part of the Upper Rio Grande herd. 10 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 10 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-079-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts

10 List A · 0 List B/C

Harvest success 2025

10%

849 hunters · 84 elk (draw hunts only)

Herd estimate 2025

4,460

-31% since 2019

Bulls per 100 cows

herd E-34, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 79

List A Archery either-sex (resident) E-E-000-U1-A

Draw hunts in Unit 79

Hunt code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-E-079-V1-A	Either sex · Nonresident archery	A	200	Leftover	Leftover		5%
E-F-079-O1-M	Cow · Muzzleloader	A	25	3rd choice	3rd choice	→ steady	0%
E-M-079-O1-M	Bull · Muzzleloader	A	15	0 pts	2 pts	→ steady	7%
E-F-079-O1-R	Cow · 1st rifle	A	50	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	10%
E-F-079-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle	A	100	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	2%
E-F-079-O3-R	Cow · 3rd rifle	A	100	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	8%
E-F-079-O4-R	Cow · 4th rifle	A	120	Leftover	Leftover	→ steady	4%
E-M-079-O1-R	Bull · 1st rifle	A	165	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	22%
E-M-079-O2-R	Bull · 2nd rifle	A	100	2nd choice	0 pts	→ steady	15%
E-M-079-O3-R	Bull · 3rd rifle	A	100	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	13%

Harvest by year

2019 10% 951 hunters · 68 bulls · 28 cows

2020 8% 1,124 hunters · 71 bulls · 21 cows

2021 11% 1,089 hunters · 90 bulls · 28 cows

2022 12% 1,159 hunters · 83 bulls · 56 cows

2023 12% 1,136 hunters · 86 bulls · 54 cows

2024 16% 1,034 hunters · 83 bulls · 76 cows

2025 10% 849 hunters · 65 bulls · 19 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	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-F-079-L1-R	Cow · Late rifle	—	—	Not offered		→ steady	—
E-F-079-P5-R	Cow · Private land only (5) rifle	—	—	Not offered		→ steady	—