Unit S66 ram bighorn sheep, rifle

Hunt code
SMS66O1R
Unit
S66
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 4 of 266 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 269 nonresidents drew (0.4%). A weighted random draw among applicants with 3 or more preference points, so there is no single point cutoff.

Harvest success in 2025 was 83.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
28100%
25100%
24100%
23300%
22200%
21100%
205120%
19300%
18500%
17400%
16400%
15500%
14500%
131400%
121100%
111616%
101600%
91517%
83000%
71900%
61417%
51500%
42500%
32100%
2600%
1900%
01500%
All26642%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
27200%
26300%
25200%
23400%
22400%
21300%
20400%
19300%
18700%
17300%
16400%
15700%
14600%
13400%
12500%
11700%
10600%
91800%
83500%
72414%
61900%
52700%
41900%
32800%
2700%
1800%
01000%
All26910.4%

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
2026626643+ Pref Points26913+ Pref Points
2025620253+ Pref Points23213+ Pref Points
2024620353+ Pref Points1750None Drawn
2023616253+ Pref Points16513+ Pref Points
2022613653+ Pref Points19713+ Pref Points
2021617253+ Pref Points12413+ Pref Points

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20256583.3%

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.

  • 2025CPW's point-level rows for resident adult first-choice applicants add up to 201, 1 fewer than the 202 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.
  • 2024CPW's point-level rows for resident adult first-choice applicants add up to 202, 1 fewer than the 203 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 123, 1 fewer than the 124 it prints as the total; the missing applicants are not shown at any point level.

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