EM500O2R: Colorado elk harvest statistics
Elk · Male · Unit designator 500 · Season O2 · Rifle
Compare this hunt in TagSeer2025 exact-code harvest results
These observations describe the published hunt code in 2025. A matching code in another year does not establish identical dates, boundaries, rules or availability.
- Harvest success
- 25.7%
- Reported harvest
- 19
- Hunters
- 74
- Harvest / 100 hunter-days
- 4.9
Rate basis: survey estimated participating hunters. Historical results are not your personal odds. Read the 2025 CPW source report.
Public access context
- Public hunting acreage estimate
- 72,803
- Public share of area
- 70.2%
Conservative whole-GMU planning estimates. Special-access land and walk-in access are excluded. code-designator GMU only; additional valid units unknown. Land boundaries and access must be verified separately; this estimate is not permission to enter or hunt.
Older report context
Older reports often combine hunt codes, sexes or seasons. These rows retain their published scope and are not exact-code success rates. Missing values appear as a dash.
| Year | Unit / scope | Harvest / 100 hunters | Harvest | Hunters | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5002024_p047 | 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | * Does not include either-sex hunt codes or PLOs | 36.0 | 27 | 75 | CPW report |
| 2023 | 5002023_p045 | 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | * Does not include either-sex hunt codes or PLOs | 26.8 | 15 | 56 | CPW report |
| 2022 | 5002022_p046 | 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | * Does not include either-sex hunt codes or PLOs | 36.2 | 25 | 69 | CPW report |
| 2021 | 5002021_p045 | 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | * Does not include either-sex hunt codes or PLOs | 28.6 | 20 | 70 | CPW report |
| 2020 | 5002020_p029_2 | 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | 28.0 | 21 | 75 | CPW report |
| 2019 | 5002019_p030 | 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Percent Success for Second Rifle Seasons | 27.6 | 16 | 58 | CPW report |
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