Unit S49 ram bighorn sheep, archery
- Hunt code
- SMS49O1A
- Unit
- S49
- Weapon
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 2 of 35 residents drew (6%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
In 2026, 1 of 82 nonresidents drew (1%). 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.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 25 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 24 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 23 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 22 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 1 | 13% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 35 | 2 | 6% | 82 | 1 | 1% |
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 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 82 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2025 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 139 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2024 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 86 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2023 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 119 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
| 2022 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2021 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 46 | 1 | 3+ Pref Points |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
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.
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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