Unit S49 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS49O1R
Unit
S49
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 2 of 208 residents drew (1.0%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2025 was 100%.

2026 draw by point level

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

PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
28200%
27100%
26300%
25300%
23100%
22800%
21600%
20200%
19600%
18300%
17400%
16300%
15400%
141000%
13800%
12800%
118113%
101000%
9900%
81800%
71318%
61000%
5800%
41600%
32000%
2600%
1900%
0900%
All20821.0%

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

Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026220823+ Pref Points00No Apps
2025217323+ Pref Points00No Apps
2024214323+ Pref Points00No Apps
2023215023+ Pref Points00No Apps
2022215423+ Pref Points00No Apps
2021212323+ Pref Points00No Apps

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202522100%

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 122, 1 fewer than the 123 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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Other hunts in unit S49

Units listed next to it

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