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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-040-O1-R

Either-sex elk · 1st rifle · Unit 40 · Oct. 14–18 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 467 hunters put E-E-040-O1-R as their 1st choice for 30 licenses. Residents needed 14 points (71% of applicants at 14 drew); Nonresidents needed 29 points.

Point creep is real here: residents needed 12 points in 2022 and 14 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 4 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 6%
7 3%
8 0%
9 0%
10 0%
11 5%
12 0%
13 0%
14 71%
15 100%
16 100%
17+ 100%
Nonresidents
26 0%
27 0%
28 0%
29 100%
30 100%
31+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 9Residents 2016: 9Residents 2017: 9Residents 2018: 10Residents 2019: 10Residents 2020: 11Residents 2021: 11Residents 2022: 12Residents 2023: 13Residents 2024: 14Residents 2025: 14Residents 2026: 14 Res 14 Nonresidents 2015: 21Nonresidents 2016: 20Nonresidents 2017: 22Nonresidents 2018: 23Nonresidents 2019: 23Nonresidents 2020: 25Nonresidents 2021: 25Nonresidents 2022: 26Nonresidents 2023: 28Nonresidents 2024: 29Nonresidents 2025: 31Nonresidents 2026: 29 Nonres 29

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202630467 14 pts · 71% 29 pts None drawn 40 —
202530488 14 pts 31 pts None drawn 40 —
202430476 14 pts · 67% 29 pts None drawn 40 —
202330437 13 pts · 67% 28 pts · 60% None drawn 40 —
202228338 12 pts · 88% 26 pts · 50% None drawn —0 —
202128350 11 pts · 33% 25 pts · 43% None drawn —0 —
202028309 11 pts · 42% 25 pts None drawn —0
201928294 10 pts · 15% 23 pts · 33% None drawn —0
201828294 10 pts · 62% 23 pts · 67% None drawn —0
201728268 9 pts · 33% 22 pts · 40% None drawn —0
201635223 9 pts · 67% 20 pts · 33% None drawn —0
201535232 9 pts · 67% 21 pts None drawn —0

“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
300·22
290·11
280·1·
270·2·
260·1·
25110·
230·1·
21331·
200·2·
19220·
18114·
16223·
15223·
14751·
139·2·
1214·2·
112212·
1021·2·
917·6·
831·6·
73214·
61717·
525·7·
415·6·
310·2·
220·6·
130·4·
043·10·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20253025083%
20243018061%
20232818065%
20222825088%
20212715056%
20202820071%
20192621081%

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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