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Colorado elk hunt code

E-F-851-L1-R

Cow elk · Late rifle · Unit 851 · List B

In the 2026 draw, 10 hunters put E-F-851-L1-R as their 1st choice for 10 licenses. Residents drew it with zero points; no nonresidents applicants drew.

Points needed have held fairly steady since 2022.

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
0 100%
1 100%
2+ 100%
Nonresidents
1 0%
2 0%
3 0%
4 0%
5+ —

Points needed by year

012345 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 2nd ch.Residents 2016: 2nd ch.Residents 2017: 2nd ch.Residents 2018: 2nd ch.Residents 2019: 2nd ch.Residents 2020: 2nd ch.Residents 2021: 2nd ch.Residents 2022: 2nd ch.Residents 2023: 0Residents 2024: 2nd ch.Residents 2025: 2nd ch.Residents 2026: 0 Res 0 Nonresidents 2016: 2nd ch.Nonresidents 2019: 0Nonresidents 2021: 1Nonresidents 2022: 0Nonresidents 2023: 0 Nonres 0

Resident trend: steady.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
20261010 0 pts None drawn 0 pts —0 —
2025107 2nd choice No applicants 2nd choice —0 —
2024106 2nd choice None drawn 0 pts —0 —
2023109 0 pts 0 pts None drawn —0 —
20222016 2nd choice 0 pts 2nd choice —0 1 / 0
2021209 2nd choice 1 pt 2nd choice —0 —
2020206 2nd choice No applicants 3rd choice —0
20192011 2nd choice 0 pts 4th choice —0
2018207 2nd choice None drawn 2nd choice —0
20172010 2nd choice None drawn 0 pts —0
20162010 2nd choice 2nd choice 3rd choice —0
2015207 2nd choice No applicants 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
4110·
1110·
0332·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025100330%
20245001326%
2023500919%
202265000%
20215901017%
20205802034%
2019470511%

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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