Colorado Unit 18 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 18 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 258,738
Public share of GMU: 62.6%

Whole-unit planning estimates, excluding special access and walk-in access. They are not species-specific or a calculation of land usable under a particular license. A private-only license does not allow hunting public land. Verify access with the land manager. Access methodology and limitations.

2025 harvest results by hunt code

The unit designator is not proof that all harvest occurred here or that every part of this GMU is valid for a license. Codes may include other units or restricted areas. We retain individual results instead of inventing a single unit-wide rate from overlapping licenses.

Hunt code	Sex	Season	Method	Harvest rate	Hunters	Harvest
EE018O1M	Either	O1	Muzzleloader	10.9%	350	38
EE018O1R	Either	O1	Rifle	16.8%	555	93
EE018O4R	Either	O4	Rifle	10.7%	579	62
EE018P1R	Either	P1	Rifle	54.3%	35	19
EE018P4R	Either	P4	Rifle	11.8%	17	2
EE018V1A	Either	V1	Archery	2.3%	311	7
EF018L1R	Female	L1	Rifle	0.0%	6	0
EF018O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	4.1%	49	2
EF018O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	8.8%	68	6
EF018O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	3.7%	271	10
EF018O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	9.2%	348	32
EF018O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	16.9%	379	64
EF018P5R	Female	P5	Rifle	20.0%	10	2

Historical success describes prior reported results, not the chance that you will harvest. Open a code for its source report and rate basis.

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	0182024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	13.2	662	4,997	CPW report
2023	0182023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	10.4	572	5,500	CPW report
2022	0182022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	11.2	599	5,335	CPW report
2021	0182021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	10.3	482	4,683	CPW report
2020	0182020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	9.1	371	4,055	CPW report
2019	0182019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	7.2	460	6,371	CPW report