Colorado Elk · GMU 214
Colorado GMU 214 covers 147,633 acres and lies 15 miles north-west of Steamboat Springs and 30 miles east of Craig. 23% of it is public land, mostly national forest (18%) and state land (4%). In 2024, 1,016 people hunted elk here and took 265, a 26% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, EE014V1A, put up 600 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 218 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
30 licenses · NR capped at 25%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
18% Forest Service
147,633 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2024. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Sep 12–20
- Tags / Apps
- 200 / 99
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Sep 2–30
- Tags / Apps
- 600 / 218
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Sep 12–20
- Tags / Apps
- 30 / 3
- If Drawn
- $974.27
- Success
- 26%
- Season
- Oct 24 – Nov 1
- Tags / Apps
- 120 / 13
- If Drawn
- $974.27
Every License in GMU 214
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE003P1A Standard · private | Elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 3 | 100% | — | |
| EE003P1A Youth · private | Elk either-sex archery private-land-only GMU 3 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EE003P1R Standard · private | Elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 3 | 100% | — | |
| EE003P1R Youth · private | Elk either-sex rifle private-land-only GMU 3 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EE014O1M Standard | Elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 14 | 100% | — | |
| EE014O1M Youth | Elk either-sex muzzleloader season 1 GMU 14 | 100% | 0 | |
| EE014V1A Standard | Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 14 | 100% | — | |
| EE014V1A Youth | Elk either-sex archery nonresident-only GMU 14 | 100% | — | |
| EE214W1R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EE214W2R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EE441W1R Standard | Elk either-sex rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441 | 100% | — | |
| EF003O1R Standard | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 3 | 85% | — | |
| EF003O1R Youth | Elk female rifle season 1 GMU 3 | 83% | — | |
| EF014O1M Standard | Elk female muzzleloader season 1 GMU 14 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF014P5R Standard · private | Elk female rifle private-land-only GMU 14 | 100% | — | |
| EF214O2R Standard | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF214O2R Youth | Elk female rifle season 2 GMU 214 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF214O3R Standard | Elk female rifle season 3 GMU 214 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF214O4R Standard | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 214 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF214O4R Youth | Elk female rifle season 4 GMU 214 | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| EF214W1R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF214W2R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF214W3R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF214W4R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF214W5R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EF441W1R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441 | 100% | — | |
| EF441W2R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441 | 100% | — | |
| EF441W3R Standard | Elk female rifle Ranching for Wildlife GMU 441 | 100% | — | |
| EM214O1R Standard | Elk male rifle season 1 GMU 214 | 100% | — | |
| EM214O4R Standard | Elk male rifle season 4 GMU 214 | 100% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: EE441W3R, EF214W6R, EF214W7R, EF441W4R, EF441W5R, EF441W6R, EF441W7R, EF441W9R, EM003O2R, EM003O3R.
Draw results: CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $974.27 ($129.11 to apply) · Youth $974.27 ($129.11 to apply). Open Mar 1 – Apr 6, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,016 | 265 | 26% |
| 2023 | 1,159 | 306 | 26% |
| 2022 | 1,691 | 562 | 33% |
| 2021 | 2,124 | 600 | 28% |
2024 split: rifle 200 (76%) from 531 hunters, 38%, archery 60 (23%) from 449 hunters, 13%, muzzleloader 4 (2%) from 36 hunters, 11%
What Colorado Parks and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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; CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 112,998 ac | 77% |
| National Forest | 26,664 ac | 18% |
| State land | 5,229 ac | 4% |
| BLM | 2,739 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 1 ac | <1% |
Source: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- CPW 2026 Primary ELK Post Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 2 CCR 406-0 Chapter W-0 General… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 Big Game Hunting brochure fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 web page fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2024 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2023 Statewide Elk Hunting Harvest Estimates harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2022 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2021 Statewide Elk Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- CPW 2026 GMU Boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's published results. 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.
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