Unit S09 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS09O1R
Unit
S09
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 8 of 525 residents drew (2%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

In 2026, 1 of 342 nonresidents drew (0.3%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

Harvest success in 2025 was 87.5%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
28100%
27200%
25200%
23200%
22200%
215120%
20200%
19500%
18100%
17700%
16700%
15900%
141417%
132628%
121200%
111900%
101800%
93000%
86612%
75112%
65224%
53400%
45100%
33600%
21900%
11900%
03300%
All52582%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
28500%
26400%
25300%
24100%
23400%
22200%
21100%
20300%
19400%
18400%
17800%
16900%
15300%
14300%
138113%
12600%
11800%
10800%
91200%
84800%
72300%
62800%
52700%
43100%
34200%
21000%
11600%
02100%
All34210.3%

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

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

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026952583+ Pref Points34213+ Pref Points
2025950083+ Pref Points28613+ Pref Points
2024942983+ Pref Points23013+ Pref Points
2023944383+ Pref Points23813+ Pref Points
2022944183+ Pref Points19313+ Pref Points
2021944583+ Pref Points29713+ Pref Points

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20258787.5%

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.

  • 2023CPW's point-level rows for nonresident adult first-choice applicants add up to 236, 2 fewer than the 238 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.
  • 2022CPW's point-level rows for nonresident adult first-choice applicants add up to 192, 1 fewer than the 193 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.
  • 2021CPW's point-level rows for nonresident adult first-choice applicants add up to 296, 1 fewer than the 297 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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Other hunts in unit S09

Units listed next to it

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