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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-001-E1-R

Either-sex elk · Early rifle · Unit 1 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 322 hunters put E-E-001-E1-R as their 1st choice for 11 licenses. Residents needed 20 points (33% of applicants at 20 drew); Nonresidents needed 32 points.

Points needed have held fairly steady since 2022.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 1 license was drawn at random by residents with 5 or more points who listed it 1st — and they lose all their points.

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Your odds by points (2026 draw)

Share of 1st-choice applicants at each point level who drew. Below the cutoff, small odds come from the random hybrid draw.

Residents
14 0%
15 0%
16 0%
17 33%
18 0%
19 0%
20 33%
21 100%
22 100%
23+ 100%
Nonresidents
29 0%
30 0%
31 0%
32 100%
33+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 15Residents 2016: 14Residents 2017: 17Residents 2018: 15Residents 2019: 16Residents 2020: 18Residents 2021: 19Residents 2022: 20Residents 2023: 20Residents 2024: 19Residents 2025: 19Residents 2026: 20 Res 20 Nonresidents 2015: 22Nonresidents 2016: 23Nonresidents 2017: 23Nonresidents 2018: 26Nonresidents 2019: 24Nonresidents 2020: 28Nonresidents 2021: 28Nonresidents 2022: 29Nonresidents 2023: 30Nonresidents 2024: 30Nonresidents 2025: 30Nonresidents 2026: 32 Nonres 32

Resident trend: steady.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202611322 20 pts · 33% 32 pts None drawn 10 —
202511365 19 pts 30 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
202411351 19 pts · 33% 30 pts None drawn 10 —
202311407 20 pts · 29% 30 pts None drawn 10 —
202211411 20 pts · 50% 29 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
202111415 19 pts · 50% 28 pts None drawn 10 —
202011276 18 pts · 67% 28 pts None drawn 10
201911280 16 pts · 12% 24 pts · 50% None drawn 10
201811308 15 pts · 12% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 10
201711183 17 pts · 80% 23 pts · 33% None drawn 10
201611203 14 pts · 50% 23 pts None drawn 10
201511280 15 pts · 40% 22 pts · 50% None drawn 10

“2nd choice” means every 1st-choice applicant drew and licenses went on to later choices. “Leftover” means licenses remained after the primary draw. The secondary draw (June) also re-offers unpaid and returned licenses; “unsold” ones went to the leftover sale in August. Secondary-draw data starts in 2021. A percentage is the share of applicants at the cutoff level who drew.

2026 applicants and successes by point level

1st-choice applications only, adult residents and nonresidents. Highlighted is the resident cutoff; tinted rows below it are random hybrid-draw winners.

PointsRes. appliedRes. drewNonres. appliedNonres. drew
320·11
310·2·
300·3·
290·3·
280·1·
270·1·
260·1·
250·2·
24113·
23112·
22110·
21220·
20622·
196·1·
181·2·
17313·
164·1·
150·1·
142·0·
134·2·
122·2·
115·1·
107·2·
98·2·
87·8·
74·5·
66·8·
56·15·
47·15·
39·14·
210·9·
114·12·
027·37·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025116055%
2024116055%
202285067%
2020104040%
2019116055%

From CPW's harvest survey estimates. Before 2025, CPW reported harvest by unit and season type, so earlier rows cover all hunters of this weapon and season in the unit, not only this hunt code.

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