Colorado Unit 51 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 51 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 141,046
Public share of GMU: 43.8%

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
EE051O1A	Either	O1	Archery	27.3%	110	30
EF051O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	2.3%	44	1
EF051O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	16.1%	31	5
EF051O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	20.4%	49	10
EF051O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	7.4%	27	2
EF051O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	17.9%	28	5
EF051P5R	Female	P5	Rifle	34.7%	219	76
EM051O1M	Male	O1	Muzzleloader	52.3%	44	23
EM051O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	59.1%	44	26
EM051O2R	Male	O2	Rifle	47.7%	44	21
EM051O3R	Male	O3	Rifle	41.4%	29	12
EM051O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	47.4%	19	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	0512024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	30.2	188	623	CPW report
2023	0512023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	28.2	163	578	CPW report
2022	0512022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	33.6	176	524	CPW report
2021	0512021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	30.1	149	495	CPW report
2020	0512020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	22.7	115	506	CPW report
2019	0512019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	19.6	104	531	CPW report