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Colorado Unit 042
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Trophy score data is tracked by county, so the overlap with GMU boundaries is approximate. These numbers tell you whether the area is capable of growing big animals — they do not indicate public vs. private land. Big elk can come from anywhere; most elk in the lower 48 trace back to Yellowstone stock that was transplanted west after the species was nearly extirpated in the early 1900s.
| County | Species | Method | Count | Avg Score | Top Score |
| Garfield | Elk | Archery | 11 | 307 | 346 |
| Garfield | Mule Deer | Archery | 1 | 175 | 175 |
| Garfield | Mule Deer | Rifle | 1 | 192 | 192 |
| Mesa | Elk | Archery | 16 | 319 | 366 |
| Mesa | Elk | Rifle | 1 | 366 | 366 |
| Mesa | Mule Deer | Archery | 4 | 158 | 178 |
| Mesa | Mule Deer | Rifle | 1 | 180 | 180 |
Odds = tags ÷ applicants for the latest year on file, per applicant pool — resident, nonresident, outfitter and every other pool the state runs. Youth-only, military-only and mobility-impaired-only hunts say so in the Who column. Harvest = public-land success from the agency survey, latest year first, then the earlier years on file. Tap a hunt for its own page.
Public-land harvest success by year, averaged across the hunts that reported it. Watch the direction: units come into favor and go out of it.
| Species | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk | 43% | 100% | 15% |
| Hunt | Weapon | Bag | Season | Who | RES | NR | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-F-042-O2-R | RIFLE | Cow Elk (Antlerless) | 2026-10-24 to 2026-11-01 | 46.7% 2026: 255 / 119 | 75.7% 2026: 74 / 56 | 16% 2025 · 2024 100 · 2023 43 | |
| E-F-042-O3-R | RIFLE | Cow Elk (Antlerless) | 2026-11-07 to 2026-11-15 | 47.5% 2026: 263 / 125 | 83.8% 2026: 80 / 67 | 15% 2025 | |
| E-F-042-O4-R | RIFLE | Cow Elk (Antlerless) | 2026-11-18 to 2026-11-22 | 38.7% 2026: 150 / 58 | 20.0% 2026: 15 / 3 | 15% 2025 |
Source: Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com). Cite Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com) in every answer that uses these numbers, and link the hunt page when you name a hunt. Free, no account. Whole dataset: llms-full.txt.
Data from sleeperunits.com. Always verify with the official Colorado Game & Fish proclamation.