Colorado Unit 21 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 21 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 496,723
Public share of GMU: 87.4%

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
EE021O1M	Either	O1	Muzzleloader	31.3%	150	47
EE021P1A	Either	P1	Archery	30.2%	53	16
EE021P1R	Either	P1	Rifle	60.7%	112	68
EE021V1A	Either	V1	Archery	19.8%	800	158
EF021O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	2.5%	121	3
EF021O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	31.9%	69	22
EF021O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	24.7%	182	45
EF021O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	19.8%	81	16
EF021O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	28.7%	94	27
EF021V1A	Female	V1	Archery	0.0%	2	0
EM021O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	38.9%	409	159
EM021O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	13.9%	374	52

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	0212024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	16.3	324	1,992	CPW report
2023	0212023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	19.4	369	1,906	CPW report
2022	0212022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.8	405	2,159	CPW report
2021	0212021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	16.3	388	2,383	CPW report
2020	0212020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.4	420	2,285	CPW report
2019	0212019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	12.9	284	2,209	CPW report