Unit S04 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS04O1R
Unit
S04
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 2 of 133 residents drew (2%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2025 was 100%.

2026 draw by point level

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

PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
28100%
27100%
24100%
23100%
22100%
21100%
20200%
1911100%
18300%
16100%
15400%
14500%
13600%
12400%
11300%
10400%
99111%
8900%
71100%
6900%
51400%
41000%
3800%
2900%
1700%
0800%
All13322%

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026213323+ Pref Points00No Apps
202517513+ Pref Points00No Apps
202416713+ Pref Points00No Apps
202317813+ Pref Points00No Apps
202216113+ Pref Points00No Apps
202118013+ Pref Points00No Apps

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202511100%

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.

  • 2024CPW's point-level rows for resident adult first-choice applicants add up to 66, 1 fewer than the 67 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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Other hunts in unit S04

Units listed next to it

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