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Colorado elk hunt code

E-M-201-O1-M

Bull elk · Muzzleloader · Unit 201 · Sept. 12–20 · List A

In the 2026 draw, 286 hunters put E-M-201-O1-M as their 1st choice for 10 licenses. Residents needed 27 points (36% of applicants at 27 drew); Nonresidents needed 34 points (33% of applicants at 34 drew).

Point creep is real here: residents needed 25 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
18 0%
19 0%
20 0%
21 13%
22 0%
23 0%
24 0%
25 0%
26 0%
27 36%
28 100%
29 100%
30+ 100%
Nonresidents
31 0%
32 0%
33 0%
34 33%
35+ —

Points needed by year

0714212835 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Residents 2015: 20Residents 2016: 21Residents 2017: 22Residents 2018: 23Residents 2019: 23Residents 2020: 24Residents 2021: 25Residents 2022: 25Residents 2023: 25Residents 2024: 26Residents 2025: 27Residents 2026: 27 Res 27 Nonresidents 2015: 24Nonresidents 2016: 25Nonresidents 2017: 26Nonresidents 2018: 27Nonresidents 2019: 27Nonresidents 2020: 28Nonresidents 2021: 30Nonresidents 2022: 30Nonresidents 2023: 32Nonresidents 2024: 32Nonresidents 2025: 33Nonresidents 2026: 34 Nonres 34

Resident trend: getting harder.

YearLicenses1st-choice appsResidentsNonresidentsYouth res.HybridLeft after draw2nd draw: offered / unsold
202610286 27 pts · 36% 34 pts · 33% None drawn 10 —
202510270 27 pts · 80% 33 pts · 25% None drawn 10 —
202410258 26 pts 32 pts · 33% None drawn 10 —
202310324 25 pts · 71% 32 pts None drawn 10 —
202210268 25 pts · 83% 30 pts · 25% None drawn 10 —
202110307 25 pts 30 pts · 50% None drawn 10 —
202010301 24 pts · 50% 28 pts · 17% None drawn 10
201910318 23 pts · 14% 27 pts · 17% None drawn 10
201810284 23 pts · 40% 27 pts None drawn 10
201710242 22 pts · 14% 26 pts · 50% None drawn 10
201610221 21 pts · 31% 25 pts · 33% None drawn 10
201510235 20 pts · 27% 24 pts · 25% 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
340·31
330·4·
320·4·
310·3·
30116·
290·2·
28113·
271142·
264·6·
253·1·
2410·2·
235·2·
221·1·
21810·
204·0·
191·1·
182·2·
175·0·
163·3·
153·4·
149·0·
133·5·
125·0·
116·4·
104·3·
98·3·
85·6·
77·4·
68·6·
510·6·
44·0·
33·10·
25·7·
13·9·
010·9·

Harvest success

SeasonHuntersBullsCowsSuccess
2025107070%
2024159387%
2023136258%
2022148060%
202197189%
2020144457%
2019159387%

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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