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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-076-E1-R

Bull elk · Early rifle · Unit 76 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,200 hunters put E-M-076-E1-R as their 1st choice for 30 licenses. Residents needed 22 points (8% of applicants at 22 drew); Nonresidents needed 29 points (14% of applicants at 29 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 19 points in 2022 and 22 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 4 licenses were 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 3%
9 0%
10 0%
11 4%
12 0%
13 0%
14 0%
15 0%
16 0%
17 0%
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 3%
22 8%
23 100%
24 100%
25 100%
Nonresidents
26 0%
27 0%
28 0%
29 14%
30 100%
31 67%
32+ —

Points needed by year

0612182430 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 14Residents 2016: 15Residents 2017: 16Residents 2018: 16Residents 2019: 17Residents 2020: 18Residents 2021: 18Residents 2022: 19Residents 2023: 20Residents 2024: 21Residents 2025: 21Residents 2026: 22 Res 22 Nonresidents 2015: 17Nonresidents 2016: 21Nonresidents 2017: 21Nonresidents 2018: 22Nonresidents 2019: 22Nonresidents 2020: 24Nonresidents 2021: 25Nonresidents 2022: 25Nonresidents 2023: 26Nonresidents 2024: 28Nonresidents 2025: 28Nonresidents 2026: 29 Nonres 29

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
2026301,200 22 pts · 8% 29 pts · 14% None drawn 40 —
2025301,107 21 pts 28 pts · 22% None drawn 50 —
202430990 21 pts 28 pts None drawn 50 —
202330922 20 pts · 44% 26 pts · 9% None drawn 50 —
202230746 19 pts · 41% 25 pts · 12% None drawn —0 —
202120814 18 pts · 5% 25 pts · 20% None drawn —0 —
202020764 18 pts · 75% 24 pts · 33% None drawn —0
201920651 17 pts · 30% 22 pts · 17% None drawn —0
201820666 16 pts · 45% 22 pts None drawn —0
201720599 16 pts · 80% 21 pts · 50% None drawn —0
201620588 15 pts · 25% 21 pts None drawn —0
201520617 14 pts · 25% 17 pts · 50% None drawn —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; tinted rows below it are random hybrid-draw winners.

PointsRes. appliedRes. drewNonres. appliedNonres. drew
310·32
300·11
290·71
280·8·
271·8·
260·8·
250·2·
24773·
23775·
222624·
212919·
2012·13·
1920·9·
188·4·
1712·6·
1617·6·
1511·8·
1418·3·
1313·6·
1219·5·
112318·
1026·13·
940·10·
867221·
763·13·
680·20·
575·14·
439·10·
335·11·
241·19·
145·33·
059·41·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20253025083%
20242920071%
20232617065%
20223014046%
20211916084%
20202018090%
20191913068%

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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