Unit 126 either-sex deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DE126L2R
- Unit
- 126
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2022–2026
In 2026, 16 of 16 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 6 of 6 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 52.6%.
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 | |
| 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | 16 | 16 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| All | 16 | 16 | 100% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Year by year
Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 60 | 16 | 16 | Choice 2 | 6 | 6 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 70 | 7 | 7 | Leftover | 6 | 6 | Leftover |
| 2024 | 50 | 5 | 5 | Choice 3 | 5 | 5 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 60 | 13 | 13 | Leftover | 4 | 4 | Leftover |
| 2022 | 60 | 7 | 7 | Leftover | 3 | 3 | Leftover |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | 30 | 52.6% |
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_DEER-26_05112026_1505(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_DEER-25_05102025_1540(draw)
- 20252025 Deer Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-DEER-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023DeerDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022DeerDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 126
- Unit 126 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM126L1R)
- Unit 126 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM126O1R)
- Unit 126 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF126L1R)
- Unit 126 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF126L2R)
- Unit 126 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF126O1R)
- Unit 126 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF126O2R)
- Unit 126 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE126O2R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 124 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF124O1R)
- Unit 124 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM124O1R)
- Unit 125 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE125L2R)
- Unit 125 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE125O2R)
- Unit 127 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF127L1R)
- Unit 127 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF127O1R)
- Unit 128 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE128O2R)
- Unit 128 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF128O1R)