Unit S17 ram bighorn sheep, rifle
- Hunt code
- SMS17O1R
- Unit
- S17
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 5 of 156 residents drew (3%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
In 2026, 1 of 183 nonresidents drew (0.5%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
Harvest success in 2025 was 80%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 26 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 25 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 24 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 22 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 20 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 20% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | 14% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 23 | 2 | 9% | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 12 | 1 | 8% | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 11 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 14 | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 13 | 0 | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 156 | 5 | 3% | 183 | 1 | 0.5% |
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
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 6 | 156 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 183 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2025 | 6 | 125 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 152 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2024 | 6 | 143 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 141 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2023 | 6 | 106 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 127 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2022 | 6 | 109 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 128 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2021 | 6 | 114 | 5 | 3+ Pref Points | 102 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
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.
- 2021CPW's point-level rows for resident adult first-choice applicants add up to 113, 1 fewer than the 114 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.
Sources
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_SHEEP-26_04222026_1349_wCoverSheet(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_SHEEP-25_04142025_1550(draw)
- 20252025 Statewide Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Harvest(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-RM-Bighorn-Sheep-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023RMSheepDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022RMSheepDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021RMSheepDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit S17
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit S15 ewe bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SFS15O1R)
- Unit S15 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS15O1R)
- Unit S16 ewe bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SFS16O1R)
- Unit S16 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS16O1R)
- Unit S19 either-sex bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SES19O1R)
- Unit S19 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS19O1R)
- Unit S20 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS20O1R)