Unit S33 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS33O1R
Unit
S33
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 6 of 272 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 472 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 75%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
27100%
24300%
23100%
22300%
21500%
19200%
18900%
17200%
16600%
15500%
148113%
131200%
121100%
111400%
1013215%
9900%
83113%
72215%
62115%
52000%
42000%
31800%
21000%
11700%
0900%
All27262%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
28500%
27200%
26100%
25500%
24300%
23300%
225120%
21700%
20400%
19500%
18800%
17900%
161100%
151200%
141800%
131100%
121500%
111600%
101600%
91600%
85300%
73800%
64900%
53200%
43600%
34400%
21000%
12000%
01800%
All47210.2%

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
2026727263+ Pref Points47213+ Pref Points
2025726763+ Pref Points54413+ Pref Points
2024722263+ Pref Points27913+ Pref Points
2023720253+ Pref Points28313+ Pref Points
2022717763+ Pref Points27113+ Pref Points
2021620553+ Pref Points24313+ Pref Points

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20258675%

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.

  • 2022CPW's point-level rows for resident adult first-choice applicants add up to 176, 1 fewer than the 177 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 242, 1 fewer than the 243 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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Other hunts in unit S33

Units listed next to it

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