Unit S03 ram bighorn sheep, archery

Hunt code: SMS03O1A
Unit: S03
Weapon: Archery
Draw years: 2026

In 2026, 2 of 38 residents drew (5%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
18	1	0	0%
13	1	0	0%
11	3	0	0%
10	3	1	33%
9	2	0	0%
8	2	0	0%
7	1	0	0%
6	3	1	33%
5	2	0	0%
4	7	0	0%
3	3	0	0%
2	2	0	0%
1	4	0	0%
0	4	0	0%
All	38	2	5%

Residents: A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	2	38	2	3+ Pref Points	0	0	No Apps

Reading these numbers

Colorado ranks first-choice applicants by preference points (one point for each year you miss your first choice), with nonresidents capped at a share of each hunt's licenses. Hunts that took 10+ resident points the year before and have 5+ licenses also run a hybrid draw: up to 20% of licenses go at random to applicants with at least 5 points. For moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat, each miss after 3 preference points adds a weighted point that improves a random draw instead; for those species the point level shown is preference plus weighted points. Numbers are adult first-choice applicants; youth and landowner (LPP) applicants are reported separately by CPW and left out.

Sources

2026PostDrawRecapReport_SHEEP-26_04222026_1349_wCoverSheet(draw)

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Other hunts in unit S03

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.