Colorado Elk EF005W5R — GMU 5
elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 5
- What you may take
- elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 5
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2026)
- Oct 25 – Nov 15, 2026
- Tags (2026)
- 50
- for 0 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 25%
- Hunter success here (2024)
- 36%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
No first-choice applicants: 50 tags on offer in 2026 and nobody listed this hunt first. Anyone who had would have drawn.
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 50 tags, 0 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 343.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 | 100% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
Fewer applicants than tags. Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes no per-level applicant counts for this hunt. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $974.27 (enough points to draw) .
Optional, not counted above: Hunt-code exchange fee (same species, quota remaining, before season starts) $5 and License refund processing fee (most refunds) $15.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $0 (Mar 1 – Apr 7, expected) and adds a point for next year's draw.
Next application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 7, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 26. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in GMU 5, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 874 hunters and 316 elk taken in 2024 — 36% of them killed something. Full GMU 5 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Colorado's figures come from CPW's post-season hunter survey. CPW's 2025 report dropped the per-GMU table in favour of hunt-code rows, so the newest year shown here is 2024. Source: 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 343 |
| 2022 | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2022 Primary ELK Post Draw... · p. 258 |
| 2021 | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | — | 2021 Primary Elk Post Draw... · p. 263 |
Other licenses valid in GMU 5
Legal cartridges for elk in Colorado
From the Colorado hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.