Unit S12 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS12O1R
Unit
S12
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 5 of 547 residents drew (0.9%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

In 2026, 1 of 563 nonresidents drew (0.2%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

Harvest success in 2025 was 66.7%.

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%
27100%
26300%
25200%
24200%
23500%
22300%
21700%
20600%
19800%
181400%
171500%
161100%
151500%
142115%
131300%
121200%
112400%
102200%
93613%
85900%
73925%
63500%
54312%
43700%
33300%
22100%
12800%
03100%
All54750.9%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
28800%
27600%
26300%
25700%
24200%
23800%
22700%
21800%
20600%
191200%
18600%
171300%
16900%
15900%
141100%
131300%
121000%
111300%
102300%
91500%
87200%
74112%
63900%
55300%
44800%
36200%
21900%
12300%
01700%
All56310.2%

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
2026654753+ Pref Points56313+ Pref Points
2025646053+ Pref Points45613+ Pref Points
2024641053+ Pref Points47913+ Pref Points
2023637753+ Pref Points48313+ Pref Points
2022637953+ Pref Points47113+ Pref Points
2021638953+ Pref Points41913+ Pref Points

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20256466.7%

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 482, 1 fewer than the 483 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 470, 1 fewer than the 471 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 418, 1 fewer than the 419 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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Other hunts in unit S12

Units listed next to it

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