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Colorado Elk EM003O4R

Elk male rifle season 4 GMU 3 in GMU 3, rifle only, Nov 19–23, 2025. 54% public land, mostly BLM.

No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife held its 2026 elk draw without EM003O4R. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.

Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw

67% At the cut

33 of 49 applicants at 0 points drew

You sit on the 2025 cut of 0.

Years to draw on points: —

Tags
50
Nonresident Applicants
64
Success
16%

First-choice nonresidents, standard draw; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 25%. Success: all hunters in GMU 3, 2024.

Points Needed to Draw

One draw on file (2025), so there is no trend to chart yet.

Insufficient history (1 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Cost to Apply
$129.11
If You Miss
$129.11
If You Draw
$974.27

The $11.49 nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) is not refunded. The $104.86 nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) is not refunded. The $12.76 Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) is not refunded. A preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) is $0, bought separately. Drawing adds the $845.16 nonresident elk license (bull, either-sex or cow; includes annual fishing combo; base $842.41 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn.

Optional, not counted above: Hunt-code exchange fee (same species, quota remaining, before season starts) $5 and License refund processing fee (most refunds) $15.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
  • Nonresident limited-license application-processing fee (per species, per draw) · paid at application $11.49 CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General…
  • Nonresident annual small game license (cheapest qualifying license to enter the draws; base $102.11 + surcharges) · paid at application $104.86 or $194.21 CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure
  • Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp (ages 18-64, once per license year, added automatically) · paid at application $12.76 CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General…
  • Preference point fee, deer/elk/pronghorn (none until the 2028 draw) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $0 CPW 2026 web page
  • Nonresident elk license (bull, either-sex or cow; includes annual fishing combo; base $842.41 + surcharges) - charged only if drawn · paid if drawn, refundable $845.16 CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure
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16%hunter success 2024 · 1,038 hunters, 162 elk
Private 46% BLM 45% State 10% GMU 3 in full →

Details

Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw

Points Chance Applied Drew
0 ← you 67% 49 33
1–10 100% — —

Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Colorado Parks and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, EM003O4R drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: CPW 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 850, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

How It Hunted, 2024

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
All of GMU 3 1,038 162 16%

Across every license type in GMU 3, Colorado Parks and Wildlife counted 1,038 hunters and 162 elk taken in 2024, and 16% of them took an elk. 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: CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest; CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 1 draw

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags (All Res.) Nonresident Applicants Per Tag Points Needed Source
2025 50 64 1.1 0 CPW 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 850

Earlier Years, When This Number Was a Different Hunt

Colorado reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years EM003O4R stood for another GMU or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · What It Was Tags Applicants Per Tag Points Needed Source
2024 · GMU 3, 301 100 65 1 — CPW 2024 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 811

Other Licenses Valid in GMU 3

  • EE003O1M Elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 3 Sep 12–20 · 20 tags · cut 4 0%
  • EE003O1R Elk either-sex rifle season 1 GMU 3 Oct 14–18 · 800 tags · cut 3 0%
  • EE003O4R Elk either-sex rifle season 4 GMU 3 Nov 18–22 · 500 tags · 113 applied 100%
  • EE003P1A Elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 3Private land only — you need landowner access Sep 2–30 · 660 tags · 192 applied 100%
  • EE003P1R Elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 3Private land only — you need landowner access Oct 14–18 · 400 tags · 117 applied 100%
  • EE003V1A Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 3 Sep 2–30 · 100 tags · 11 applied 100%
  • EE003W1R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Oct 7–11 · 7 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE003W2R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Nov 24–28 · 7 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE003W3R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 19–23 · 4 tags · 0 applied 100% (small sample)
  • EE004W1R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 18–22 · 2 tags · 0 applied 100% (small sample)
  • EE004W2R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 2–6 · 12 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE004W3R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 12–21 · 7 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE004W4R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 16–20 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE005W2R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 5Private ranch — access comes with the tag Oct 24–28 · 13 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE214W2R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214Private ranch — access comes with the tag Nov 28 – Dec 2 · 14 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EE301W2R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 301Private ranch — access comes with the tag Nov 17–22 · 3 tags · 0 applied 100% (small sample)
  • EE441W1R Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441Private ranch — access comes with the tag Nov 28 – Dec 7 · 12 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003E1R Elk female rifle early season GMU 3 Aug 15 – Oct 31 · 0 tags · not open to nonresidents in 2023 —
  • EF003L1R Elk female rifle late season GMU 3 Dec 1–31 · 7 tags · cut 5 0%
  • EF003O1M Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 3 Sep 12–20 · 20 tags · 0 applied —
  • EF003O1R Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 3 Oct 14–18 · 400 tags · 46 applied 85%
  • EF003O2R Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 3 Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 400 tags · 16 applied 100%
  • EF003O3R Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 3 Nov 7–15 · 400 tags · 88 applied 100%
  • EF003O4R Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 3 Nov 18–22 · 600 tags · 10 applied 100%
  • EF003P5R Elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 3Private land only — you need landowner access Oct 24 – Dec 31 · 700 tags · 267 applied 100%
  • EF003W1R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 19–23 · 20 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 8–12 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003W3R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 26–30 · 20 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003W4R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 15–19 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003W5R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 2–6 · 22 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF003W6R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 3Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 22–26 · 11 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W1R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 12–16 · 20 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 19–23 · 26 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W3R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 18–22 · 25 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W4R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 16–20 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W5R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Oct 3–7 · 5 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF004W6R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 4Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 13–17 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF005W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 5Private ranch — access comes with the tag Oct 24–28 · 36 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF005W4R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 5Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 12–16 · 37 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF214W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214Private ranch — access comes with the tag Nov 28 – Dec 2 · 39 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF214W4R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 5–9 · 39 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF214W6R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 16–20 · 10 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF301W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 301Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 9–13 · 6 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF301W4R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 301Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 16–20 · 9 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF301W6R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 301Private ranch — access comes with the tag Jan 18–22 · 8 tags · no first-choice applicants 100%
  • EF441W1R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 5–9 · 22 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF441W2R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 12–16 · 22 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EF441W3R Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441Private ranch — access comes with the tag Dec 19–23 · 23 tags · 0 applied 100%
  • EM003O1R Elk male rifle season 1 GMU 3 Oct 15–19 · 400 tags · cut 2 0%
  • EM003O2R Elk male rifle season 2 GMU 3 Oct 25 – Nov 2 · 1,000 tags · 233 applied 100%
  • EM003O3R Elk male rifle season 3 GMU 3 Nov 8–16 · 750 tags · 136 applied 100%

Odds at your points, nonresident, standard class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 21 on file for Colorado elk

21 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Colorado, 1 of them depending on the load. Rules and sources: Colorado hunting laws.

.243 Winchester (depends on the load) from $1.11/rd .25-06 Remington from $1.82/rd 6.5 Creedmoor from $1.01/rd 6.5 Grendel from $0.72/rd .270 Winchester from $0.15/rd 7mm-08 Remington from $1.84/rd 7mm Remington Magnum from $2.05/rd .30-06 Springfield from $1.11/rd .300 AAC Blackout from $0.60/rd .300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd .30-30 Winchester from $1.08/rd .308 Winchester from $0.82/rd .338 Winchester Magnum from $2.61/rd .350 Legend from $1.10/rd .35 Whelen .360 Buckhammer .400 Legend .444 Marlin .450 Bushmaster from $2.02/rd .45-70 Government from $1.97/rd .50 Beowulf
▸ Sources 11
  1. CPW 2025 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, p. 850 · draw results, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-2 Chapter W-2 Big Game… draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. CPW 2021 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  11. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  12. co_blm_sma_2026 map shading

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's published results (preference points, computed from published point-level pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Colorado elk hunts