Unit 551 doe deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DF551O1M
Unit
551
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 13 of 13 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

In 2026, 2 of 2 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 77.8%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
211100%
177100%
055100%
All1313100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
111100%
011100%
All22100%

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.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026251313Choice 222Choice 2
202510189000None Drawn
2024201614Choice 200None Drawn
2023102110100None Drawn
012023202420252026
ResidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20259777.8%

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 551

Units listed next to it

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