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Colorado elk hunt code

E-E-201-E1-R

Either-sex elk · Early rifle · Unit 201 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,885 hunters put E-E-201-E1-R as their 1st choice for 28 licenses. Residents needed 29 points (25% of applicants at 29 drew); Nonresidents needed 34 points (22% of applicants at 34 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 26 points in 2022 and 29 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
7 0%
8 0%
9 0%
10 4%
11 0%
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 0%
16 0%
17 0%
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 0%
22 0%
23 0%
24 0%
25 0%
26 0%
27 4%
28 0%
29 25%
30 100%
31 100%
32+ 100%
Nonresidents
31 0%
32 0%
33 0%
34 22%
35 100%
36 100%
37+ 100%

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 22Residents 2016: 23Residents 2017: 23Residents 2018: 24Residents 2019: 24Residents 2020: 25Residents 2021: 26Residents 2022: 26Residents 2023: 27Residents 2024: 28Residents 2025: 28Residents 2026: 29 Res 29 Nonresidents 2015: 25Nonresidents 2016: 25Nonresidents 2017: 26Nonresidents 2018: 27Nonresidents 2019: 28Nonresidents 2020: 29Nonresidents 2021: 30Nonresidents 2022: 31Nonresidents 2023: 32Nonresidents 2024: 32Nonresidents 2025: 33Nonresidents 2026: 34 Nonres 34

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026281,885 29 pts · 25% 34 pts · 22% None drawn 40 —
2025281,761 28 pts 33 pts · 29% None drawn 40 —
2024281,600 28 pts · 84% 32 pts · 29% None drawn 40 —
2023281,931 27 pts · 33% 32 pts None drawn 40 —
2022282,042 26 pts · 3% 31 pts · 30% None drawn 40 —
2021282,080 26 pts · 52% 30 pts · 44% None drawn 40 —
2020281,957 25 pts · 22% 29 pts · 23% None drawn 40
2019281,846 24 pts · 15% 28 pts · 22% None drawn 40
2018281,984 24 pts · 68% 27 pts · 8% None drawn 40
2017281,697 23 pts · 27% 26 pts · 4% None drawn 40
2016281,654 23 pts 25 pts · 12% None drawn 40
2015281,687 22 pts · 68% 25 pts · 80% None drawn 40

“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
36110·
350·22
340·92
330·17·
321116·
311113·
308815·
2920513·
2828·17·
272817·
2624·11·
2526·9·
2429·15·
2322·5·
2228·7·
2126·15·
2033·14·
1930·14·
1830·15·
1730·13·
1637·19·
1522·16·
1440·8·
1340·13·
1233·19·
1134·13·
1047216·
957·20·
861·21·
750·39·
658130·
568·29·
431·26·
326·38·
239·35·
142·44·
056·62·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20252521084%
20242821076%
20232725196%
202227270100%
20212823082%
20202521084%
20192724089%

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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