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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-076-O1-R

Bull elk · 1st rifle · Unit 76 · Oct. 14–18 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 1,324 hunters put E-M-076-O1-R as their 1st choice for 190 licenses. Residents needed 9 points (26% of applicants at 9 drew); Nonresidents needed 21 points (30% of applicants at 21 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 7 points in 2022 and 9 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.

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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
6 0%
7 0%
8 0%
9 27%
10 95%
11 86%
12 100%
13 100%
14 100%
Nonresidents
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 30%
22 100%
23 100%
24 100%

Points needed by year

0510152025 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 5Residents 2016: 6Residents 2017: 6Residents 2018: 6Residents 2019: 6Residents 2020: 7Residents 2021: 7Residents 2022: 7Residents 2023: 8Residents 2024: 8Residents 2025: 9Residents 2026: 9 Res 9 Nonresidents 2015: 14Nonresidents 2016: 14Nonresidents 2017: 14Nonresidents 2018: 15Nonresidents 2019: 15Nonresidents 2020: 15Nonresidents 2021: 16Nonresidents 2022: 17Nonresidents 2023: 18Nonresidents 2024: 19Nonresidents 2025: 21Nonresidents 2026: 21 Nonres 21

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
20261901,324 9 pts · 26% 21 pts · 30% None drawn —0 —
20251901,338 9 pts · 95% 21 pts · 65% None drawn —0 —
20241901,192 8 pts · 45% 19 pts · 45% None drawn —0 —
20231901,140 8 pts · 81% 18 pts · 24% None drawn —0 —
20221901,178 7 pts · 4% 17 pts · 26% None drawn —0 —
20211901,202 7 pts · 48% 16 pts · 19% None drawn —0 —
20201901,025 7 pts · 83% 15 pts · 17% None drawn —0
2019190955 6 pts · 13% 15 pts · 54% 6 pts —0
2018190926 6 pts · 43% 15 pts · 96% 6 pts —0
2017190840 6 pts · 62% 14 pts · 43% 6 pts —0
2016190753 6 pts · 92% 14 pts · 67% 6 pts —0
2015190762 5 pts · 4% 14 pts · 58% 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.

PointsRes. appliedRes. drewNonres. appliedNonres. drew
260·11
250·31
240·1010
230·77
220·1212
210·103
202121·
190·9·
181111·
17118·
16224·
15666·
14991·
13669·
1215156·
1121186·
1039379·
9151407·
8108·4·
764·11·
677·8·
579·14·
454·16·
358·18·
272·19·
173·26·
082·37·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025187106057%
2024185112060%
2023174120069%
2022186108058%
202118076042%
2020181109060%
2019183103056%

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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