Colorado Unit 49 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 49 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 244,283
Public share of GMU: 70.9%

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
EE049O1A	Either	O1	Archery	24.8%	165	41
EF049O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	28.6%	56	16
EF049O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	33.0%	115	38
EF049O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	42.1%	126	53
EF049O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	31.4%	118	37
EF049S2R	Female	S2	Rifle	31.8%	44	14
EF049S3R	Female	S3	Rifle	19.1%	47	9
EF049S4R	Female	S4	Rifle	34.3%	35	12
EM049O1M	Male	O1	Muzzleloader	52.9%	68	36
EM049O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	62.9%	70	44
EM049O2R	Male	O2	Rifle	59.2%	76	45
EM049O3R	Male	O3	Rifle	45.7%	35	16
EM049O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	31.2%	16	5

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	0492024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	38.9	378	971	CPW report
2023	0492023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	36.0	346	961	CPW report
2022	0492022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	38.5	337	876	CPW report
2021	0492021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	36.0	307	852	CPW report
2020	0492020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	38.1	357	937	CPW report
2019	0492019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	35.4	318	899	CPW report