Co elk success rates by season

[Bigjay73]

Anyone have a link to a breakdown of elk success rates by season?

 

[Oak]

Click on the reports in the "Estimated Harvest" column. Emphasis on "estimated."

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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[Bigjay73]

Click on the reports in the "Estimated Harvest" column. Emphasis on "estimated."

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation, outdoor recreation and wildlife management. The agency manages 42 state parks, all of Colorado's wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. CPW issues hunting and fishing...

cpw.state.co.us

Thank you sir

 

[trb]

Take those numbers with an ocean-sized grain of salt.

 

[Bigjay73]

Take those numbers with an ocean-sized grain of salt.

Yeah, I know. Just trying to plan a late season cow hunt for next year

 

[jlong17]

Awesome. I’ll be hunting a 4th season tag that had a 0% success rate last year hahahah!! I hope you’re right @trb and at least someone shot a bull there last year

 

[ElDudarino]

I’ve hunted enough states that it’s fuzzy, but I don’t remember even being asked if I were successful when I killed a bull 2 years ago.

 

[WYelker]

Yeah, I know. Just trying to plan a late season cow hunt for next year

What unit you looking at for a late hunt. I have spent a ton of time in the NW quarter of the state and could share some good info…

 

[WYelker]

Then harvest data is whack in Colorado for sure… they should just do mandatory data. One year our archery unit showed an abnormally high success rate, like over 40% for unit with OTC tags. I did some checking. I knew 16 people who hunted the unit. Including close friends my, wife , etc. of the 16 who hunted the unit, 3 of us tagged out and 13 did not. Of the 16 the only people who were surveyed myself and the 2 others who tagged out…

I tagged out 4 years in a row and all 4 years I was selected for survey. My wife, my buddy, step dad, etc. did not tag out we’re not asked for a survey once in those 4 years…

 

[Bigjay73]

What unit you looking at for a late hunt. I have spent a ton of time in the NW quarter of the state and could share some good info…

I've wanted to hunt around flat tops before I retire from hunting, so the units involved with that tag, but I'm looking at anything with decent success/draw odds

 

[old270hunter]

I've wanted to hunt around flat tops before I retire from hunting, so the units involved with that tag, but I'm looking at anything with decent success/draw odds

That’s an early season thing. Flat tops are generally inaccessible late and elk migrated out of there. Need to think the lower units late.

 

[WYelker]

I've wanted to hunt around flat tops before I retire from hunting, so the units involved with that tag, but I'm looking at anything with decent success/draw odds

Yeah as mentioned the flat tops are a no go late. They get a ton of snow and the elk all migrate out.

 

[Bigjay73]

That’s an early season thing. Flat tops are generally inaccessible late and elk migrated out of there. Need to think the lower units late.

Yeah I was looking at the lower units around the Flat Tops