Colorado elk hunting units: 2024 harvest, success and crowding

Every Game Management Unit with elk harvest reported in 2024: how many people hunted it, how many filled a tag, and how crowded it was.

Across all rifle seasons in 2024, an estimated 121,786 rifle elk hunters took 28,046 elk statewide, a success rate of 23%.

Highest rifle success

Units with at least 100 rifle hunters. High success often goes with limited licenses or private land, so check how the unit's licenses are issued.

Unit 2: 65% of 144 hunters
Unit 40: 60% of 414 hunters
Unit 10: 57% of 250 hunters
Unit 61: 55% of 1,127 hunters
Unit 104: 55% of 393 hunters
Unit 140: 52% of 125 hunters
Unit 83: 50% of 637 hunters
Unit 201: 49% of 181 hunters
Unit 143: 48% of 140 hunters
Unit 76: 47% of 881 hunters

Fewest rifle hunters per square mile

Units with at least 100 rifle hunters. Uses the whole unit, private land included.

Unit 2: 12 per 100 sq mi, 65% success
Unit 128: 17 per 100 sq mi, 26% success
Unit 144: 19 per 100 sq mi, 26% success
Unit 143: 20 per 100 sq mi, 48% success
Unit 135: 24 per 100 sq mi, 15% success
Unit 110: 26 per 100 sq mi, 45% success
Unit 104: 27 per 100 sq mi, 55% success
Unit 140: 27 per 100 sq mi, 52% success
Unit 105: 29 per 100 sq mi, 41% success
Unit 10: 30 per 100 sq mi, 57% success

All units

Unit	Counties	Hunters, all seasons	Success, all seasons	Rifle hunters	Rifle success	Rifle hunters per 100 sq mi
1	Moffat	82	37%	77	39%	61
2	Moffat	168	64%	144	65%	12
3	Moffat	1,038	16%	917	16%	108
4	Moffat, Routt	1,541	25%	1,265	25%	270
5	Moffat, Routt	874	36%	698	38%	233
6	Jackson	3,161	10%	2,356	12%	666
7	Larimer	1,630	9%	986	8%	406
8	Larimer	2,219	9%	1,423	11%	339
9	Larimer, Weld	197	39%	170	41%	44
10	Moffat, Rio Blanco	274	58%	250	57%	30
11	Moffat, Rio Blanco	2,467	25%	2,104	27%	344
12	Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco	2,634	29%	1,876	30%	381
13	Moffat, Routt	1,219	41%	946	44%	261
14	Routt, Grand	1,293	12%	338	21%	83
15	Routt, Grand, Eagle	3,738	11%	2,395	12%	487
16	Jackson	1,839	15%	1,309	18%	409
17	Jackson	1,994	16%	1,278	20%	453
18	Grand	4,997	13%	3,544	15%	549
19	Larimer	1,140	10%	690	8%	163
20	Larimer, Boulder, Weld	875	41%	721	42%	60
21	Rio Blanco, Garfield	1,992	16%	1,246	17%	140
22	Rio Blanco, Garfield	2,668	29%	1,843	32%	186
23	Rio Blanco, Garfield	1,870	23%	1,352	22%	319
24	Rio Blanco, Garfield	1,879	14%	1,346	14%	307
25	Garfield, Eagle	1,721	13%	1,083	18%	467
26	Eagle, Garfield, Routt	1,174	12%	706	16%	294
27	Grand, Routt	1,523	7%	994	8%	505
28	Grand	2,871	6%	1,792	7%	270
29	Boulder, Jefferson, Gilpin	249	28%	173	24%	39
30	Garfield, Mesa	994	25%	797	28%	92
31	Mesa, Garfield, Rio Blanco	1,597	28%	1,228	31%	175
32	Garfield	823	20%	386	26%	128
33	Garfield, Rio Blanco	2,161	14%	1,631	14%	392
34	Garfield, Eagle	1,002	10%	585	12%	303
35	Eagle	1,008	17%	703	20%	262
36	Eagle, Grand	1,196	15%	677	17%	246
37	Summit, Grand	1,955	10%	1,054	14%	200
38	Gilpin, Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson	1,096	8%	580	9%	127
39	Jefferson, Clear Creek, Park	459	31%	292	27%	79
40	Mesa	518	59%	414	60%	56
41	Mesa, Delta	1,702	20%	1,152	26%	351
42	Mesa, Garfield	3,093	21%	2,047	26%	338
43	Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Gunnison	2,693	18%	1,597	23%	304
44	Eagle	1,203	14%	776	17%	206
45	Eagle, Pitkin	867	15%	583	19%	174
46	Jefferson, Clear Creek, Park	241	22%	152	22%	71
47	Eagle, Pitkin	543	14%	389	17%	132
48	Lake, Chaffee	339	27%	184	35%	61
49	Lake, Park, Chaffee	971	39%	676	39%	126
50	Park	850	32%	704	36%	141
51	Douglas	623	30%	466	29%	93
52	Delta, Gunnison	1,423	18%	987	19%	372
53	Delta, Gunnison	2,033	16%	917	19%	232
54	Gunnison	2,242	22%	1,978	22%	339
55	Gunnison	2,755	14%	2,268	14%	256
56	Chaffee	421	24%	279	27%	117
57	Chaffee, Park, Fremont	483	34%	370	36%	136
58	Fremont, Park	906	32%	647	32%	74
59	Pueblo, Fremont, El Paso, Teller	704	19%	401	21%	62
60	Mesa, Montrose	564	25%	483	26%	203
61	Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	1,296	56%	1,127	55%	122
62	Delta, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray	5,669	18%	3,107	21%	225
63	Delta, Gunnison, Montrose	1,480	20%	869	19%	236
64	Delta, Montrose	877	22%	688	25%	256
65	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray	3,000	25%	1,901	31%	283
66	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Saguache	1,196	42%	984	43%	109
67	Gunnison, Hinsdale, Saguache	1,061	33%	883	35%	131
68	Saguache	2,283	14%	1,485	18%	246
69	Custer, Fremont	293	26%	228	28%	78
70	Dolores, Montrose, San Miguel	3,448	37%	2,696	39%	178
71	Dolores County, Montezum County	2,529	18%	1,595	17%	306
72	Montezuma	467	18%	382	17%	39
73	Montezuma	639	16%	476	12%	53
74	La Plata County, San Juan County	1,537	21%	873	22%	147
75	La Plata County, San Juan County	1,337	23%	983	26%	152
76	Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande	1,138	46%	881	47%	91
77	Archuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral	3,299	21%	2,433	24%	437
78	Archuleta, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande	2,754	27%	1,874	29%	246
79	Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	1,034	16%	654	20%	154
80	Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande	3,213	21%	2,232	24%	252
81	Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Rio Grande	3,726	24%	2,442	26%	201
82	Alamosa, Saguache	2,297	23%	1,706	27%	157
83	Alamosa, Costilla	884	42%	637	50%	51
84	Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo	722	38%	597	39%	47
85	Huerfano, Las Animas	2,875	21%	1,621	25%	138
86	Fremont, Custer, Chaffee	1,934	15%	1,161	20%	234
87	Larimer, Weld	82	27%	75	29%	7
93	Logan, Segwick, Phillips	15	33%	15	33%	2
94	Larimer, Adams, Weld	12	0%	5	0%	1
96	Logan, Washington, Morgan	15	20%	15	20%	6
98	Logan, Phillips, Yuma, Washington	21	0%	21	0%	1
104	Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert	432	53%	393	55%	27
105	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	338	41%	335	41%	29
106	Arapahoe, Elbert, Washington, Lincoln	32	41%	32	41%	5
107	Washington, Lincoln, Kit Carson	13	0%	13	0%	1
110	El Paso	161	45%	161	45%	26
111	Elbert, Lincoln, El Paso	24	13%	21	14%	3
114	Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne	11	27%	8	0%	1
118	El Paso	20	0%	13	0%	3
121	Cheyenne, Lincoln, Kiowa	10	50%	10	50%	1
123	El Paso, Pueblo	48	35%	48	35%	9
125	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	36	14%	36	14%	6
126	Kiowa, Bent, Prowers	47	11%	47	11%	7
127	Kiowa, Prowers	36	8%	36	8%	4
128	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	237	24%	205	26%	17
129	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	72	25%	72	25%	20
130	Otero, Bent	66	8%	63	8%	13
131	Routt, Rio Blanco	872	23%	515	24%	267
132	Prowers	26	0%	26	0%	3
133	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	85	25%	62	23%	11
134	Las Animas, Pueblo	63	52%	52	52%	13
135	Las Animas, Pueblo, Otero	188	14%	178	15%	24
136	Las Animas	85	20%	82	21%	14
137	Las Animas, Baca	50	46%	47	49%	8
140	Las Animas	265	41%	125	52%	27
141	Las Animas	66	53%	46	61%	19
142	Las Animas	114	29%	92	36%	25
143	Las Animas	143	47%	140	48%	20
144	Baca	120	26%	120	26%	19
145	Baca	20	60%	20	60%	6
146	Bent, Prowers	91	14%	91	14%	10
147	Las Animas	100	26%	97	27%	30
161	Jackson	2,888	11%	2,032	12%	498
171	Jackson	1,818	8%	1,204	10%	470
181	Grand	1,462	14%	1,080	18%	593
191	Larimer	601	4%	482	3%	152
201	Moffat	205	53%	181	49%	75
211	Moffat, Rio Blanco	1,821	25%	1,385	23%	321
214	Routt	1,016	26%	531	38%	230
231	Routt, Rio Blanco, Garfield	1,497	14%	701	17%	394
301	Moffat	406	14%	383	14%	104
361	Eagle, Grand	440	13%	254	20%	306
371	Summit	1,031	11%	646	14%	376
391	Jefferson, Denver, Araphoe, Douglas	181	36%	129	36%	46
411	Mesa, Delta	745	18%	547	19%	238
421	Mesa, Garfield	3,432	19%	1,988	23%	367
431	Pitkin	244	19%	150	29%	68
441	Moffat, Routt	740	36%	596	38%	307
444	Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin	1,199	21%	803	24%	216
461	Jefferson, Park	132	20%	77	30%	54
471	Pitkin	280	11%	112	12%	108
481	Chaffee	494	36%	342	43%	121
500	Park	777	30%	549	29%	339
501	Park, Jefferson	378	33%	257	32%	51
511	Teller, El Paso, Park	1,425	7%	872	7%	241
521	Delta, Gunnison	2,197	19%	1,236	16%	243
551	Gunnison, Saguache	1,574	17%	1,325	16%	243
561	Chaffee, Saguache	283	16%	173	19%	135
581	Park, Teller, Fremont	1,521	13%	1,124	15%	163
591	Pueblo, Fremont, El Paso	364	13%	166	17%	77
681	Saguache	1,519	10%	911	14%	205
682	Saguache	86	63%	86	63%	34
691	Custer, Fremont	167	16%	141	15%	56
711	Dolores, Montezuma, San Miguel	1,764	21%	1,488	20%	181
741	La Plata County	317	30%	232	33%	48
751	Archuleta, Hinsdale, La Plata, San Juan	1,165	20%	930	21%	201
771	Archuleta	570	16%	482	18%	132
791	Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	163	35%	148	38%	36
851	Costilla, Las Animas	579	30%	380	37%	87
861	Huerfano	608	22%	309	34%	149

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Where these numbers come from

The 2024 Colorado Elk Harvest Estimates from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. They are survey estimates, not counts.