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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-061-O1-A

Either-sex elk · Archery · Unit 61 · Sept. 2–30 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,319 hunters put E-E-061-O1-A as their 1st choice for 90 licenses. Residents needed 17 points (24% of applicants at 17 drew); Nonresidents needed 28 points (50% of applicants at 28 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 15 points in 2022 and 17 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 14 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 2%
7 5%
8 2%
9 7%
10 3%
11 3%
12 5%
13 3%
14 0%
15 0%
16 3%
17 24%
18 100%
19 100%
20 100%
Nonresidents
25 0%
26 0%
27 0%
28 50%
29 100%
30 50%
31+ —

Points needed by year

0612182430 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 12Residents 2016: 12Residents 2017: 13Residents 2018: 13Residents 2019: 14Residents 2020: 14Residents 2021: 15Residents 2022: 15Residents 2023: 16Residents 2024: 16Residents 2025: 17Residents 2026: 17 Res 17 Nonresidents 2015: 18Nonresidents 2016: 19Nonresidents 2017: 20Nonresidents 2018: 21Nonresidents 2019: 22Nonresidents 2020: 23Nonresidents 2021: 24Nonresidents 2022: 25Nonresidents 2023: 25Nonresidents 2024: 26Nonresidents 2025: 27Nonresidents 2026: 28 Nonres 28

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026901,319 17 pts · 24% 28 pts · 50% None drawn 140 —
2025901,311 17 pts · 66% 27 pts · 50% None drawn 140 —
2024901,220 16 pts · 36% 26 pts · 52% None drawn 140 —
2023901,077 16 pts · 94% 25 pts · 16% None drawn 140 —
202290960 15 pts · 43% 25 pts · 86% None drawn —0 —
2021901,079 15 pts · 77% 24 pts · 68% None drawn —0 —
2020901,049 14 pts · 51% 23 pts · 44% None drawn —0
2019901,050 14 pts · 87% 22 pts · 29% None drawn —0
2018901,167 13 pts · 31% 21 pts · 24% None drawn —0
2017901,066 13 pts · 58% 20 pts · 14% None drawn —0
201690994 12 pts · 20% 19 pts · 6% None drawn —0
2015951,008 12 pts · 71% 18 pts · 6% 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
300·21
290·33
280·2010
271117·
260·16·
250·5·
24118·
231113·
22119·
21326·
20556·
196610·
1817175·
1742100·
163813·
1524·5·
1426·4·
133015·
123827·
113119·
103113·
943317·
852121·
741219·
645124·
542·25·
435·29·
339·35·
241·44·
157·45·
070·111·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20258740349%
20249061067%
20238744152%
20229027233%
20218842250%
20208636042%
20199049563%

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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