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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-32

Unit 81 elk

Part of the Loqwer Rio Grande herd. 9 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 4 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-M-080-O1-M, took 1 pt for residents.

Draw hunts
9
8 List A · 1 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
30%
316 hunters · 95 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
14,860
+33% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
20
herd E-32, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 81

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

Draw hunts in Unit 81

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-080-O1-A Either sex · Archery · 80, 81 A 2,000 0 pts 0 pts → steady 17%
E-F-080-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 80, 81 A 70 0 pts 1 pt → steady 26%
E-M-080-O1-M Bull · Muzzleloader · 80, 81 A 115 1 pt 6 pts → steady 33%
E-F-081-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle A 150 1 pt 1 pt ↓ easier 32%
E-F-081-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle A 100 1 pt 1 pt → steady 26%
E-F-081-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle A 80 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 27%
E-F-081-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle B 30 2nd choice 1 pt → steady 60%
E-M-080-O1-R Bull · 1st rifle · 80, 81 A 450 1 pt 3 pts → steady 35%
E-M-080-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 80, 81 A 40 1 pt 1 pt → steady 15%

Harvest by year

2019 14% 3,785 hunters · 399 bulls · 133 cows
2020 14% 4,554 hunters · 457 bulls · 171 cows
2021 13% 5,074 hunters · 466 bulls · 191 cows
2022 18% 3,462 hunters · 434 bulls · 168 cows
2023 18% 3,780 hunters · 435 bulls · 216 cows
2024 24% 3,726 hunters · 580 bulls · 276 cows
2025 30% 316 hunters · 0 bulls · 76 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-F-080-L1-R Cow · Late rifle · 80, 81 — — Not offered → steady —
E-F-081-L1-R Cow · Late rifle — — Not offered → steady —