Unit 18 either-sex deer, rifle

Hunt code
DE018P3R
Unit
18
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 16 of 22 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 2 of 2 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 54.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
277100%
166100%
0221673%
All352983%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
622100%
511100%
411100%
311100%
122100%
0100%
All8788%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20265035290871
20255036350710
202410346190None Drawn
202325341101370
2022305122122Choice 24747Choice 2
2021340128128Choice 34040Choice 3
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025462554.3%

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.

  • 2022CPW drew this hunt together with DE018P2R from one shared pool of 305 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 135 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.
  • 2021CPW drew this hunt together with DE018P2R from one shared pool of 340 licenses, so the applicant and point numbers are for the whole pool; 183 of the pool's licenses went to this hunt code.

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Other hunts in unit 18

Units listed next to it

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