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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-076-O1-M

Bull elk · Muzzleloader · Unit 76 · Sept. 12–20 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 438 hunters put E-M-076-O1-M as their 1st choice for 70 licenses. Residents needed 12 points (40% of applicants at 12 drew); Nonresidents needed 26 points (50% of applicants at 26 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 10 points in 2022 and 12 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

It is a hybrid-draw hunt: 12 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
2 0%
3 0%
4 0%
5 12%
6 8%
7 4%
8 17%
9 6%
10 5%
11 4%
12 40%
13 100%
14 67%
15 83%
Nonresidents
23 0%
24 0%
25 0%
26 50%
27 100%
28 100%
29+ 100%

Points needed by year

0612182430 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 7Residents 2016: 8Residents 2017: 8Residents 2018: 8Residents 2019: 8Residents 2020: 9Residents 2021: 10Residents 2022: 10Residents 2023: 10Residents 2024: 11Residents 2025: 11Residents 2026: 12 Res 12 Nonresidents 2015: 17Nonresidents 2016: 18Nonresidents 2017: 18Nonresidents 2018: 19Nonresidents 2019: 20Nonresidents 2020: 21Nonresidents 2021: 22Nonresidents 2022: 23Nonresidents 2023: 23Nonresidents 2024: 24Nonresidents 2025: 25Nonresidents 2026: 26 Nonres 26

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202670438 12 pts · 40% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 120 —
202570407 11 pts 25 pts · 56% None drawn 120 —
202470369 11 pts · 73% 24 pts · 62% None drawn —0 —
202370373 10 pts · 16% 23 pts · 18% None drawn —0 —
202270415 10 pts · 56% 23 pts · 75% None drawn —0 —
202170476 10 pts · 93% 22 pts · 19% None drawn —0 —
202070392 9 pts · 85% 21 pts · 20% None drawn —0
201970374 8 pts · 42% 20 pts · 16% None drawn —0
201870364 8 pts · 80% 19 pts · 7% None drawn —0
201770363 8 pts · 19% 18 pts · 6% None drawn —0
201670353 8 pts · 51% 18 pts · 53% None drawn —0
201570359 7 pts · 6% 17 pts · 17% 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
280·22
270·77
260·63
250·7·
240·5·
230·4·
22112·
210·3·
20112·
190·2·
18116·
17115·
16554·
15653·
14642·
1311112·
1225102·
112614·
102013·
91813·
81836·
72815·
62629·
52539·
411·3·
310·9·
215·7·
113·11·
09·10·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
20256027045%
202410130939%
20239624832%
202292301043%
20218541255%
20207924233%
20198550160%

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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