Colorado Unit 3 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 3 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 288,850
Public share of GMU: 53.2%

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
EE003O1M	Either	O1	Muzzleloader	12.5%	8	1
EE003P1A	Either	P1	Archery	21.8%	293	64
EE003P1R	Either	P1	Rifle	46.5%	256	119
EE003V1A	Either	V1	Archery	5.4%	37	2
EF003L1R	Female	L1	Rifle	81.2%	16	13
EF003O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	0.0%	17	0
EF003O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	44.1%	220	97
EF003O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	5.6%	249	14
EF003O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	13.5%	252	34
EF003O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	21.0%	348	73
EF003P5R	Female	P5	Rifle	41.0%	229	94
EM003O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	18.6%	387	72
EM003O2R	Male	O2	Rifle	14.9%	1,000	149
EM003O3R	Male	O3	Rifle	12.7%	749	95
EM003O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	9.0%	100	9

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	0032024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	15.6	162	1,038	CPW report
2023	0032023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	9.3	152	1,629	CPW report
2022	0032022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	27.1	1,027	3,783	CPW report
2021	0032021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	23.6	880	3,727	CPW report
2020	0032020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	19.0	731	3,842	CPW report
2019	0032019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	28.0	1,132	4,037	CPW report