Unit 7 buck deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DM007O1M
Unit
7
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 228 of 228 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

In 2026, 51 of 51 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Harvest success in 2025 was 11.5%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1033100%
311100%
233100%
12727100%
0194194100%
All228228100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
511100%
233100%
144100%
04343100%
All5151100%

Residents: Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 3: 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
2026550228228Choice 35151Choice 3
2025550253253Choice 33434Choice 3
2024550245245Choice 35252Choice 2
2023550241241Choice 34545Choice 2
2022550250250Leftover3535Leftover
2021550257257Choice 35555Choice 3

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20255416211.5%

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 7

Units listed next to it

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