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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-010-O1-M

Bull elk · Muzzleloader · Unit 10 · Sept. 12–20 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 215 hunters put E-M-010-O1-M as their 1st choice for 5 licenses. Residents needed 25 points (50% of applicants at 25 drew); Nonresidents needed 33 points (25% of applicants at 33 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 23 points in 2022 and 25 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
2 0%
3 0%
4 0%
5 14%
6 0%
7 0%
8 0%
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 50%
26 100%
27 100%
28+ 100%
Nonresidents
30 0%
31 0%
32 0%
33 25%
34+ —

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 18Residents 2016: 20Residents 2017: 20Residents 2018: 21Residents 2019: 21Residents 2020: 22Residents 2021: 23Residents 2022: 23Residents 2023: 23Residents 2024: 24Residents 2025: 24Residents 2026: 25 Res 25 Nonresidents 2015: 23Nonresidents 2016: 24Nonresidents 2017: 25Nonresidents 2018: 26Nonresidents 2019: 26Nonresidents 2020: 27Nonresidents 2021: 28Nonresidents 2022: 28Nonresidents 2023: 30Nonresidents 2024: 31Nonresidents 2025: 32Nonresidents 2026: 33 Nonres 33

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
20265215 25 pts · 50% 33 pts · 25% None drawn 10 —
20255232 24 pts · 20% 32 pts None drawn 10 —
20245179 24 pts 31 pts None drawn 10 —
20235191 23 pts · 33% 30 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
20225190 23 pts · 33% 28 pts · 17% None drawn 10 —
20215188 23 pts 28 pts · 33% None drawn 10 —
20205167 22 pts 27 pts · 50% None drawn 10
20195115 21 pts · 50% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 10
20185117 21 pts · 40% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 10
20175119 20 pts · 40% 25 pts · 50% None drawn 10
20165120 20 pts · 67% 24 pts · 50% None drawn 10
20155122 18 pts · 25% 23 pts · 14% 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
330·41
320·8·
310·2·
300·3·
290·3·
280·3·
270·1·
26112·
25424·
241·1·
234·0·
213·0·
203·3·
196·0·
184·2·
174·4·
163·1·
154·1·
145·1·
133·1·
123·1·
114·0·
102·2·
93·2·
84·8·
75·2·
66·2·
5716·
40·5·
32·11·
24·4·
14·9·
04·16·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025440100%
2024954100%
2023104040%
202284170%
2021954100%
202095056%
201974171%

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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