Colorado Unit 85 Elk: Harvest Success & Public Access

Compare published elk results for hunt codes bearing Unit 85 as their designator, with older GMU history kept separate.

Public hunting access

Conservative public acres: 113,256
Public share of GMU: 15.1%

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
EE085O1M	Either	O1	Muzzleloader	36.1%	119	43
EE085O1R	Either	O1	Rifle	31.2%	77	24
EE085O4R	Either	O4	Rifle	26.7%	105	28
EE085P1R	Either	P1	Rifle	48.3%	209	101
EE085V1A	Either	V1	Archery	20.2%	568	115
EF085L1R	Female	L1	Rifle	40.5%	37	15
EF085O1M	Female	O1	Muzzleloader	16.7%	96	16
EF085O2R	Female	O2	Rifle	24.4%	41	10
EF085O3R	Female	O3	Rifle	0.0%	45	0
EF085O4R	Female	O4	Rifle	15.4%	39	6
EF085P5R	Female	P5	Rifle	37.1%	132	49
EF085P6R	Female	P6	Rifle	47.9%	142	68
EF085V1A	Female	V1	Archery	50.0%	6	3

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	0852024_p005 \| 2024 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	21.4	614	2,875	CPW report
2023	0852023_p005 \| 2023 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.0	528	2,931	CPW report
2022	0852022_p005 \| 2022 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	17.5	582	3,317	CPW report
2021	0852021_p005 \| 2021 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	14.9	465	3,112	CPW report
2020	0852020_p005 \| 2020 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	18.3	552	3,022	CPW report
2019	0852019_p005 \| 2019 Elk Harvest, Hunters and Recreation Days for All Manners of Take	21.2	654	3,085	CPW report