Unit 551 doe deer, rifle

Hunt code
DF551O3R
Unit
551
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 13 of 33 drew at that level.

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

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
311100%
222100%
1331339%
01500%
All511631%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
511100%
111100%
All22100%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20262551161221
20252047131412
2024452222Choice 2110
2023452525Choice 211Choice 2
2022503333Choice 211Choice 2
2021452626Choice 222Choice 2
012202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025181477.8%

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.