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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-001-O1-M

Bull elk · Muzzleloader · Unit 1 · Sept. 12–20 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 49 hunters put E-M-001-O1-M as their 1st choice for 5 licenses. Residents needed 17 points (67% of applicants at 17 drew); Nonresidents needed 26 points.

Point creep is real here: residents needed 13 points in 2022 and 17 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 1 license was 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
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 100%
16 0%
17 67%
Nonresidents
23 0%
24 0%
25 0%
26 100%
27+ 100%

Points needed by year

0612182430 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 14Residents 2016: 11Residents 2017: 14Residents 2018: 11Residents 2019: 13Residents 2020: 14Residents 2021: 12Residents 2022: 13Residents 2023: 16Residents 2024: 17Residents 2025: 15Residents 2026: 17 Res 17 Nonresidents 2026: 26 Nonres 26

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026549 17 pts · 67% 26 pts None drawn 10 —
2025463 15 pts · 67% None drawn None drawn 00 —
2024455 17 pts None drawn None drawn 00 —
2023459 16 pts · 50% None drawn None drawn 00 —
2022459 13 pts · 50% None drawn None drawn 00 —
2021453 12 pts · 67% None drawn None drawn 00 —
2020447 14 pts None drawn None drawn 00
2019446 13 pts None drawn None drawn 00
2018454 11 pts · 50% None drawn None drawn 00
2017436 14 pts None drawn None drawn 00
2016430 11 pts None drawn None drawn 00
2015439 14 pts · 50% None drawn None drawn 00

“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
260·11
18110·
17320·
161·0·
15110·
132·0·
123·0·
112·0·
101·0·
91·1·
82·1·
72·0·
61·0·
50·1·
42·0·
34·3·
22·2·
12·1·
05·2·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025440100%
20243000%
202291015%
202093033%
201993033%

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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