Unit S59 ram bighorn sheep, rifle
- Hunt code
- SMS59G1R
- Unit
- S59
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2026
In 2026, 2 of 2 residents drew (100%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.
No nonresidents applied in 2026.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| All | 2 | 2 | 100% |
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
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3+ Pref Points | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
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.
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Other hunts in unit S59
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit S54 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS54O1R)
- Unit S57 ewe bighorn sheep, archery (hunt code SFS57O1A)
- Unit S57 ram bighorn sheep, archery (hunt code SMS57G1A)
- Unit S61 ewe bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SFS61S1R)
- Unit S61 ewe bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SFS61W1R)
- Unit S65 ewe bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SFS65W1R)
- Unit S65 ram bighorn sheep, rifle (hunt code SMS65W1R)