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Colorado Draw Odds
Colorado game management unit · herd E-33

Unit 85 elk

Part of the Trinchera herd. 16 limited elk hunts in the 2026 draw, 12 of them drawable by residents with zero points. The toughest, E-E-085-W1-R, took 29 pts for residents.

Draw hunts
16
8 List A · 8 List B/C
Harvest success 2025
30%
1,616 hunters · 478 elk (draw hunts only)
Herd estimate 2025
14,470
-12% since 2019
Bulls per 100 cows
26
herd E-33, 2025

Over the counter in Unit 85

  • 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 85

Hunt codeHuntListLicensesResidents needNonres. needTrendSuccess
E-E-085-V1-A Either sex · Nonresident archery · 85, 140, 851 A 600 Leftover Leftover 20%
E-F-085-V1-A Cow · Nonresident archery · 85, 140, 851 B 10 Leftover Leftover 50%
E-E-085-O1-M Either sex · Muzzleloader · 85, 140, 851 A 120 0 pts 2 pts → steady 36%
E-F-085-O1-M Cow · Muzzleloader · 85, 140, 851 B 115 Leftover Leftover → steady 17%
E-E-085-O1-R Either sex · 1st rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 85 1 pt 1 pt → steady 31%
E-E-085-O4-R Either sex · 4th rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 125 0 pts 0 pts → steady 27%
E-E-085-P1-R Either sex · Private land only rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 225 2nd choice 0 pts → steady 48%
E-E-085-W1-R Either sex · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 1 29 pts No applicants ↑ harder 50%
E-F-085-L1-R Cow · Late rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 40 0 pts 1 pt → steady 41%
E-F-085-O2-R Cow · 2nd rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 50 0 pts 0 pts → steady 24%
E-F-085-O3-R Cow · 3rd rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 50 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 0%
E-F-085-O4-R Cow · 4th rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 50 3rd choice 2nd choice → steady 15%
E-F-085-P5-R Cow · Private land only (5) rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 200 0 pts 0 pts → steady 37%
E-F-085-P6-R Cow · Private land only (6) rifle · 85, 140, 851 B 225 2nd choice 2nd choice → steady 48%
E-F-085-W1-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 7 4 pts No applicants → steady 50%
E-M-851-O4-R Bull · 4th rifle · 85, 140, 851 A 5 None drawn None drawn 0%

Harvest by year

2019 21% 3,085 hunters · 374 bulls · 248 cows
2020 18% 3,022 hunters · 327 bulls · 219 cows
2021 15% 3,112 hunters · 277 bulls · 177 cows
2022 18% 3,317 hunters · 390 bulls · 182 cows
2023 18% 2,931 hunters · 340 bulls · 169 cows
2024 21% 2,875 hunters · 398 bulls · 207 cows
2025 30% 1,616 hunters · 278 bulls · 179 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-085-W2-R Cow · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle · 85, 140, 851 — — Not offered 44%