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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-002-E1-R

Either-sex elk · Early rifle · Unit 2 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,978 hunters put E-E-002-E1-R as their 1st choice for 32 licenses. Residents needed 28 points (56% of applicants at 28 drew); Nonresidents needed 33 points (4% of applicants at 33 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 25 points in 2022 and 28 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 5 licenses were 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
7 0%
8 0%
9 0%
10 2%
11 0%
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 3%
16 0%
17 0%
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 0%
22 0%
23 4%
24 0%
25 0%
26 0%
27 0%
28 56%
29 100%
30 100%
31+ 100%
Nonresidents
30 0%
31 0%
32 0%
33 4%
34 100%
35 100%
36+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 20Residents 2016: 21Residents 2017: 21Residents 2018: 22Residents 2019: 23Residents 2020: 24Residents 2021: 24Residents 2022: 25Residents 2023: 25Residents 2024: 26Residents 2025: 27Residents 2026: 28 Res 28 Nonresidents 2015: 24Nonresidents 2016: 25Nonresidents 2017: 26Nonresidents 2018: 26Nonresidents 2019: 27Nonresidents 2020: 28Nonresidents 2021: 29Nonresidents 2022: 30Nonresidents 2023: 31Nonresidents 2024: 31Nonresidents 2025: 32Nonresidents 2026: 33 Nonres 33

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026321,978 28 pts · 56% 33 pts · 4% None drawn 50 —
2025321,734 27 pts 32 pts · 4% None drawn 50 —
2024321,630 26 pts · 23% 31 pts · 5% None drawn 50 —
2023321,676 25 pts · 17% 31 pts · 45% None drawn 50 —
2022321,693 25 pts · 33% 30 pts · 45% None drawn 50 —
2021321,891 24 pts · 15% 29 pts · 33% None drawn 50 —
2020321,651 24 pts · 93% 28 pts · 36% None drawn 50
2019321,643 23 pts · 54% 27 pts · 19% None drawn 50
2018321,642 22 pts · 19% 26 pts · 8% None drawn 50
2017321,329 21 pts · 11% 26 pts · 56% None drawn 50
2016321,218 21 pts · 58% 25 pts · 40% None drawn 50
2015321,256 20 pts · 45% 24 pts · 33% None drawn 50

“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
350·22
340·22
330·231
320·14·
310·14·
300·18·
292210·
28251410·
2720·7·
2630·19·
2526·12·
2427·13·
232716·
2217·6·
2125·9·
2031·12·
1925·10·
1833·7·
1727·15·
1627·10·
153416·
1438·7·
1333·6·
1232·12·
1142·18·
1041112·
964·20·
874·37·
776·19·
669133·
566137·
440·24·
351·36·
246·31·
160·47·
093·73·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20253228088%
20243128090%
20233228086%
20224229579%
20214224569%
20203229091%
20193125081%

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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