Colorado Unit 61 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 61 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 499,494
Public share of GMU: 84.7%

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
EE061E1R	Either	E1	Rifle	86.2%	29	25
EE061O1A	Either	O1	Archery	49.4%	87	43
EF061O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	51.1%	47	24
EF061O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	50.7%	69	35
EF061O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	49.0%	202	99
EF061O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	34.4%	227	78
EF061O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	28.6%	266	76
EF061P5R	Female	P5	Rifle	67.8%	115	78
EM061O1M	Male	O1	Muzzleloader	65.9%	41	27
EM061O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	70.6%	126	89
EM061O2R	Male	O2	Rifle	68.4%	117	80
EM061O3R	Male	O3	Rifle	70.6%	34	24
EM061O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	75.0%	24	18

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	0612024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	56.1	727	1,296	CPW report
2023	0612023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	52.8	588	1,114	CPW report
2022	0612022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	53.4	631	1,181	CPW report
2021	0612021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	53.0	607	1,146	CPW report
2020	0612020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	59.0	656	1,112	CPW report
2019	0612019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	44.6	490	1,098	CPW report