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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-002-O1-A

Either-sex elk · Archery · Unit 2 · Sept. 2–30 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 642 hunters put E-E-002-O1-A as their 1st choice for 10 licenses. Residents needed 25 points (40% of applicants at 25 drew); Nonresidents needed 33 points.

Point creep is real here: residents needed 23 points in 2022 and 25 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

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
8 0%
9 0%
10 0%
11 11%
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 0%
16 0%
17 0%
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 0%
22 0%
23 0%
24 0%
25 40%
26 100%
27 100%
28+ 100%
Nonresidents
30 0%
31 0%
32 0%
33 100%
34+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 18Residents 2016: 20Residents 2017: 20Residents 2018: 20Residents 2019: 21Residents 2020: 22Residents 2021: 22Residents 2022: 23Residents 2023: 23Residents 2024: 24Residents 2025: 25Residents 2026: 25 Res 25 Nonresidents 2015: 23Nonresidents 2016: 23Nonresidents 2017: 25Nonresidents 2018: 26Nonresidents 2019: 27Nonresidents 2020: 28Nonresidents 2021: 28Nonresidents 2022: 30Nonresidents 2023: 30Nonresidents 2024: 30Nonresidents 2025: 31Nonresidents 2026: 33 Nonres 33

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202610642 25 pts · 40% 33 pts None drawn 10 —
202510556 25 pts · 25% 31 pts · 17% None drawn 10 —
202410485 24 pts · 83% 30 pts · 20% None drawn 10 —
202310470 23 pts · 17% 30 pts None drawn 10 —
202210510 23 pts · 50% 30 pts None drawn 10 —
202110536 22 pts · 18% 28 pts None drawn 10 —
202010472 22 pts · 75% 28 pts None drawn 10
201910430 21 pts · 14% 27 pts None drawn 10
201810441 20 pts · 43% 26 pts None drawn 10
201710325 20 pts · 50% 25 pts None drawn 10
201610370 20 pts 23 pts None drawn 10
20159383 18 pts · 20% 23 pts · 25% 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
330·11
320·7·
300·1·
280·6·
26442·
25522·
248·2·
233·1·
225·1·
213·0·
205·2·
192·2·
182·5·
173·4·
164·2·
154·2·
145·1·
137·1·
128·7·
11917·
108·7·
920·4·
815·14·
714·10·
611·14·
515·18·
418·28·
317·32·
226·33·
122·39·
032·95·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
202595056%
2024104043%
202382020%
2022770100%
2021105050%
2020103140%
2019107070%

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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