Unit 5 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM005O2R
Unit
5
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 8 of 14 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 6 points: the report shows 2 of 12 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 57.1%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
611100%
522100%
477100%
355100%
214857%
12500%
02700%
All812328%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
822100%
74375%
612217%
51600%
4700%
3600%
21000%
11200%
01400%
All8378%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202635812328376
202535532226476
202425421827665
2023258714210775
202250132252165146
202150152271153145
036202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025281657.1%

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

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Other hunts in unit 5

Units listed next to it

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