Unit 551 doe deer, rifle

Hunt code
DF551P5R
Unit
551
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2023–2026

No residents applied in 2026.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2025 was 37.5%.

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20261000Leftover00Leftover
20251011Leftover00Leftover
20241500Leftover11Leftover
20231533Choice 300No Apps

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20258337.5%

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.