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Colorado game management unit · herd E-11

Unit 82 elk

Part of the Sand Dunes herd. 11 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 11 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-082-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
11
4 List A · 7 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
14%
1,005 hunters · 143 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
6,080
+2% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
47
herd E-11, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 82

  • List B Archery cow (resident) E-F-000-U1-A
  • List A Archery either-sex (resident) E-E-000-U1-A
  • List A 2nd rifle bull E-M-000-U2-R
  • List A 3rd rifle bull E-M-000-U3-R

Draw hunts in Unit 82

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-082-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery A 170 Leftover Leftover 9%
E-F-082-V1-A Cow · Nonresident archery B 10 Leftover Leftover 0%
E-E-082-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader A 75 0 pts 0 pts → steady 14%
E-F-082-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader B 50 Leftover Leftover → steady 11%
E-F-682-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 82, 682, 791 B 10 Leftover Leftover → steady 17%
E-E-082-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle A 300 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 26%
E-E-082-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle A 100 4th choice 3rd choice → steady 13%
E-F-082-O1-R Cow · 1st rifle B 75 Leftover Leftover → steady 0%
E-F-082-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle B 200 Leftover Leftover → steady 12%
E-F-082-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle B 240 Leftover Leftover → steady 8%
E-F-082-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle B 60 Leftover Leftover → steady 5%

Harvest by year

2019 22% 2,313 hunters · 333 bulls · 175 cows
2020 18% 2,553 hunters · 296 bulls · 152 cows
2021 21% 2,551 hunters · 321 bulls · 208 cows
2022 23% 2,565 hunters · 315 bulls · 274 cows
2023 22% 2,588 hunters · 258 bulls · 306 cows
2024 23% 2,297 hunters · 325 bulls · 171 cows
2025 14% 1,005 hunters · 66 bulls · 66 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-082-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle — — Not offered → steady —