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Colorado elk hunt code

E-F-018-P5-R

Cow elk · Private land only (5) rifle · Unit 18 · Jan. 31, 2027 · List B

In the 2026 draw, 66 hunters put E-F-018-P5-R as their 1st choice for 10 licenses. Residents needed 1 point (15% of applicants at 1 drew); no nonresidents applicants drew.

It's a List B license, so you can hold it on top of a List A elk license (bought as a leftover, over the counter or in the secondary draw).

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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
0 0%
1 15%
2 100%
3 100%
4+ 100%
Nonresidents
3 0%
4 0%
5 0%
6 0%
7+ —

Points needed by year

012345 201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2018: 2nd ch.Residents 2019: LeftoverResidents 2020: LeftoverResidents 2021: LeftoverResidents 2022: LeftoverResidents 2023: LeftoverResidents 2024: LeftoverResidents 2025: 1Residents 2026: 1 Res 1 Nonresidents 2018: 2nd ch.Nonresidents 2019: LeftoverNonresidents 2020: LeftoverNonresidents 2021: LeftoverNonresidents 2022: LeftoverNonresidents 2023: LeftoverNonresidents 2024: LeftoverNonresidents 2025: 1 Nonres 1

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
20261066 1 pt · 15% None drawn 0 pts —0 —
20251060 1 pt · 75% 1 pt 0 pts —0 1 / 0
202412049 Leftover Leftover Leftover —21 24 / 0
202324065 Leftover Leftover Leftover —124 125 / 90
202230068 Leftover Leftover Leftover —187 192 / 162
202130078 Leftover Leftover Leftover —159 161 / 116
2020300107 Leftover Leftover Leftover —140
201920099 Leftover Leftover Leftover —51
201810077 2nd choice 2nd choice 2nd choice —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.

PointsRes. appliedRes. drewNonres. appliedNonres. drew
6110·
3220·
13450·
021·1·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025100220%
202410823232%
202315603729%
202215705435%
202124709739%
202021706329%
201920375732%

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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