Colorado Unit 71 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 71 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 281,512
Public share of GMU: 84.6%

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
EE071P1A	Either	P1	Archery	28.5%	130	37
EF071O1A	Female	O1	Archery	11.6%	95	11
EF071O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	20.0%	30	6
EF071O1R	Female	O1	Rifle	35.9%	39	14
EF071O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	40.0%	10	4
EF071O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	25.0%	8	2
EF071O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	20.0%	10	2
EF071P1R	Female	P1	Rifle	25.0%	4	1
EF071P4R	Female	P4	Rifle	71.4%	21	15
EM071O1A	Male	O1	Archery	20.8%	799	166
EM071O1M	Male	O1	Muzzleloader	20.6%	349	72
EM071O1R	Male	O1	Rifle	27.6%	550	152
EM071O4R	Male	O4	Rifle	8.0%	75	6
EM071P1R	Male	P1	Rifle	86.5%	74	64
EM071P4R	Male	P4	Rifle	27.3%	22	6

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	0712024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.5	467	2,529	CPW report
2023	0712023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	16.7	407	2,439	CPW report
2022	0712022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.1	445	2,462	CPW report
2021	0712021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	13.2	338	2,560	CPW report
2020	0712020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	15.9	448	2,826	CPW report
2019	0712019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	8.8	293	3,330	CPW report