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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-061-E1-R

Either-sex elk · Early rifle · Unit 61 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,190 hunters put E-E-061-E1-R as their 1st choice for 40 licenses. Residents needed 23 points (46% of applicants at 23 drew); Nonresidents needed 32 points (80% of applicants at 32 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 20 points in 2022 and 23 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 6 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
5 0%
6 0%
7 2%
8 3%
9 0%
10 0%
11 5%
12 0%
13 0%
14 4%
15 0%
16 0%
17 0%
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 5%
22 0%
23 46%
24 100%
25 100%
26+ 100%
Nonresidents
29 0%
30 0%
31 0%
32 80%
33 100%
34+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2016: 19Residents 2017: 18Residents 2018: 17Residents 2019: 19Residents 2020: 19Residents 2021: 20Residents 2022: 20Residents 2023: 21Residents 2024: 22Residents 2025: 22Residents 2026: 23 Res 23 Nonresidents 2016: 23Nonresidents 2017: 23Nonresidents 2018: 24Nonresidents 2019: 25Nonresidents 2020: 26Nonresidents 2021: 27Nonresidents 2022: 27Nonresidents 2023: 29Nonresidents 2024: 29Nonresidents 2025: 31Nonresidents 2026: 32 Nonres 32

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026401,190 23 pts · 46% 32 pts · 80% None drawn 60 —
2025301,236 22 pts 31 pts None drawn 40 —
2024301,216 22 pts · 89% 29 pts · 10% None drawn 40 —
2023301,042 21 pts · 80% 29 pts · 75% None drawn 40 —
202230814 20 pts · 20% 27 pts · 23% None drawn —0 —
202130952 20 pts · 38% 27 pts · 57% None drawn —0 —
202030911 19 pts · 31% 26 pts · 60% None drawn —0
201930963 19 pts · 92% 25 pts · 31% None drawn —0
2018301,051 17 pts · 11% 24 pts · 11% None drawn —0
2017301,021 18 pts 23 pts · 9% None drawn —0
2016302,433 19 pts 23 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
330·22
320·54
310·22·
300·7·
290·8·
280·6·
270·7·
261112·
25228·
246610·
2324114·
2220·6·
212214·
2020·6·
1914·13·
1817·7·
1722·7·
1616·3·
1519·5·
1425111·
1332·2·
1231·8·
112213·
1038·12·
942·6·
860212·
75616·
646·7·
540·10·
432·15·
334·5·
236·15·
140·14·
061·25·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20252925086%
20242620077%
20232724087%
20223020066%
20212820071%
20203022177%
20192819068%

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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