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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-002-O1-M

Bull elk · Muzzleloader · Unit 2 · Sept. 12–20 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 261 hunters put E-M-002-O1-M as their 1st choice for 10 licenses. Residents needed 27 points; Nonresidents needed 34 points (50% of applicants at 34 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 24 points in 2022 and 27 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
5 0%
6 0%
7 0%
8 13%
9 0%
10 0%
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%
27 100%
28 100%
29+ 100%
Nonresidents
31 0%
32 0%
33 0%
34 50%
35+ —

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 19Residents 2016: 20Residents 2017: 20Residents 2018: 21Residents 2019: 22Residents 2020: 22Residents 2021: 23Residents 2022: 24Residents 2023: 24Residents 2024: 25Residents 2025: 25Residents 2026: 27 Res 27 Nonresidents 2015: 23Nonresidents 2016: 24Nonresidents 2017: 25Nonresidents 2018: 26Nonresidents 2019: 27Nonresidents 2020: 27Nonresidents 2021: 29Nonresidents 2022: 29Nonresidents 2023: 30Nonresidents 2024: 32Nonresidents 2025: 34Nonresidents 2026: 34 Nonres 34

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202610261 27 pts 34 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
202510221 25 pts 34 pts None drawn 10 —
202410183 25 pts 32 pts None drawn 10 —
202310205 24 pts 30 pts None drawn 10 —
202210199 24 pts · 30% 29 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
202110223 23 pts · 14% 29 pts None drawn 10 —
202010235 22 pts · 27% 27 pts · 25% None drawn 10
201910183 22 pts · 67% 27 pts · 33% None drawn 10
201810209 21 pts · 57% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 10
201710193 20 pts · 20% 25 pts · 33% None drawn 10
201610154 20 pts · 57% 24 pts · 50% None drawn 10
201510138 19 pts · 50% 23 pts · 17% None drawn 10

“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
340·21
330·2·
320·2·
310·3·
300·2·
29220·
28111·
27332·
265·2·
254·0·
247·3·
239·0·
224·1·
211·0·
204·0·
193·0·
183·1·
174·0·
164·0·
159·1·
147·1·
136·1·
128·2·
117·1·
105·1·
96·2·
8816·
74·7·
63·4·
59·6·
49·3·
34·5·
25·6·
16·8·
04·13·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025990100%
2024147159%
20231410071%
2022119078%
2021156253%
2020156040%
20191510493%

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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