Colorado game management unit · herd E-33

Unit 83 elk

Part of the Trinchera herd. 8 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 7 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-083-O1-M, took 0 pts for residents.

Draw hunts

8 List A · 0 List B/C

Harvest success 2025

33%

722 hunters · 240 elk (draw hunts only)

Herd estimate 2025

14,470

-12% since 2019

Bulls per 100 cows

herd E-33, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 83

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

Draw hunts in Unit 83

Hunt code	Hunt	List	Licenses	Residents need	Nonres. need	Trend	Success
E-E-083-V1-A	Either sex · Nonresident archery	A	100	No applicants	2nd choice		42%
E-E-083-O1-M	Either sex · Muzzleloader	A	75	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	33%
E-F-083-O1-M	Cow · Muzzleloader	A	10	4th choice	None drawn	→ steady	0%
E-E-083-O1-R	Either sex · 1st rifle	A	175	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	34%
E-E-083-O2-R	Either sex · 2nd rifle	A	200	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	37%
E-E-083-O3-R	Either sex · 3rd rifle	A	200	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	29%
E-E-083-O4-R	Either sex · 4th rifle	A	100	0 pts	0 pts	→ steady	21%
E-F-083-O4-R	Cow · 4th rifle	A	20	2nd choice	2nd choice	→ steady	45%

Harvest by year

2019 18% 1,402 hunters · 154 bulls · 92 cows

2020 43% 1,373 hunters · 247 bulls · 323 cows

2021 25% 1,120 hunters · 119 bulls · 161 cows

2022 37% 1,029 hunters · 167 bulls · 198 cows

2023 26% 878 hunters · 93 bulls · 127 cows

2024 41% 884 hunters · 181 bulls · 178 cows

2025 33% 722 hunters · 170 bulls · 69 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	Trend	Success
E-E-083-P1-M	Either sex · Private land only muzzleloader	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-E-083-P1-R	Either sex · Private land only rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-E-083-P4-R	Either sex · Private land only (4) rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-E-083-W1-R	Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle	—	—	Not offered	↑ harder	70%
E-F-083-O2-R	Cow · 2nd rifle	—	—	Not offered		0%
E-F-083-O3-R	Cow · 3rd rifle	—	—	Not offered		9%
E-F-083-P1-M	Cow · Private land only muzzleloader	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-F-083-P2-R	Cow · Private land only (2) rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-F-083-P3-R	Cow · Private land only (3) rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-F-083-P4-R	Cow · Private land only (4) rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	—
E-F-083-W1-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle	—	—	Not offered	→ steady	70%
E-F-083-W2-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle	—	—	Not offered		70%
E-F-083-W3-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (3) rifle	—	—	Not offered		70%
E-F-083-W4-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (4) rifle	—	—	Not offered		70%
E-F-083-W5-R	Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (5) rifle	—	—	Not offered		70%