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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-040-O2-R

Either-sex elk · 2nd rifle · Unit 40 · Oct. 24–Nov. 1 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 286 hunters put E-E-040-O2-R as their 1st choice for 25 licenses. Residents needed 12 points (14% of applicants at 12 drew); Nonresidents needed 27 points (60% of applicants at 27 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 10 points in 2022 and 12 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
2 0%
3 0%
4 0%
5 7%
6 0%
7 5%
8 0%
9 0%
10 0%
11 7%
12 14%
13 100%
14 100%
15+ 100%
Nonresidents
24 0%
25 0%
26 0%
27 60%
28 100%
29 100%
30+ 100%

Points needed by year

0612182430 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 7Residents 2016: 7Residents 2017: 8Residents 2018: 8Residents 2019: 8Residents 2020: 9Residents 2021: 9Residents 2022: 10Residents 2023: 11Residents 2024: 11Residents 2025: 12Residents 2026: 12 Res 12 Nonresidents 2015: 10Nonresidents 2016: 12Nonresidents 2017: 14Nonresidents 2018: 15Nonresidents 2019: 17Nonresidents 2020: 18Nonresidents 2021: 19Nonresidents 2022: 20Nonresidents 2023: 24Nonresidents 2024: 27Nonresidents 2025: 20Nonresidents 2026: 27 Nonres 27

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202625286 12 pts · 14% 27 pts · 60% None drawn 40 —
202525268 12 pts 20 pts None drawn 40 —
202425221 11 pts · 25% 27 pts None drawn —0 —
202325257 11 pts · 91% 24 pts None drawn —0 —
202226234 10 pts · 41% 20 pts · 50% None drawn —0 —
202126220 9 pts · 22% 19 pts None drawn —0 —
202026201 9 pts · 80% 18 pts · 50% None drawn —0
201926201 8 pts · 29% 17 pts None drawn —0
201826161 8 pts · 89% 15 pts · 50% None drawn —0
201726162 8 pts · 67% 14 pts · 50% None drawn —0
201633158 7 pts · 28% 12 pts · 20% None drawn —0
201533159 7 pts 10 pts · 50% 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
300·11
270·53
25113·
240·3·
230·4·
22114·
210·2·
20115·
190·5·
180·1·
17220·
160·3·
150·1·
14110·
13444·
122230·
111513·
1011·2·
920·1·
811·4·
71913·
613·0·
51510·
411·1·
36·1·
26·5·
117·1·
014·5·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20252416067%
20242515060%
202358181150%
20222217079%
20215718744%
20202519076%
20192621185%

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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