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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-005-W1-R

Either-sex elk · Ranching for Wildlife rifle · Unit 5 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 175 hunters put E-E-005-W1-R as their 1st choice for 13 licenses. Residents needed 17 points (67% of applicants at 17 drew); no nonresidents applied.

Points needed have held fairly steady since 2022.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 2 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
3 0%
4 0%
5 0%
6 15%
7 0%
8 0%
9 0%
10 0%
11 0%
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 0%
16 0%
17 67%
18 100%
19 100%
20+ 100%
Nonresidents
22 —
23 —
24 —
25 —
26+ —

Points needed by year

048121620 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 14Residents 2016: 15Residents 2017: 16Residents 2018: 16Residents 2019: 16Residents 2020: 17Residents 2021: 17Residents 2022: 17Residents 2023: 18Residents 2024: 14Residents 2025: 17Residents 2026: 17 Res 17

Resident trend: steady.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202613175 17 pts · 67% No applicants None drawn 20 —
202513155 17 pts No applicants None drawn 20 —
202413149 14 pts No applicants None drawn 20 —
202314250 18 pts · 83% No applicants None drawn 20 —
202213206 17 pts · 10% No applicants None drawn 20 —
202112256 17 pts · 18% No applicants None drawn 20 —
202012247 17 pts · 57% No applicants None drawn 20
201912255 16 pts · 20% No applicants None drawn 20
201812247 16 pts · 57% No applicants None drawn 20
201712244 16 pts · 55% No applicants None drawn 20
201612194 15 pts · 46% No applicants None drawn 20
201512197 14 pts · 11% No applicants None drawn 20

“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
25220·
20440·
19110·
18220·
17320·
155·0·
146·0·
134·0·
122·0·
117·0·
108·0·
99·0·
87·0·
79·0·
61320·
510·0·
411·0·
311·0·
212·0·
114·0·
023·0·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2024246986065%
20232281163971%
202248613219770%
202151316719473%
202043714619678%
201953814818366%

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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