Unit 16 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM016O2R
- Unit
- 16
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 14 of 14 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 7 of 7 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 13.9%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 0 | 9 | 9 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| All | 14 | 14 | 100% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
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.
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 40 | 14 | 14 | Choice 2 | 7 | 7 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 40 | 17 | 17 | Choice 2 | 10 | 10 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 45 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| 2023 | 45 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 40 | 20 | 20 | Choice 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 5 | 13.9% |
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
- 2026PostDrawRecapReport_DEER-26_05112026_1505(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_DEER-25_05102025_1540(draw)
- 20252025 Deer Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-DEER-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023DeerDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022DeerDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021DeerDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 16
- Unit 16 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM016E1R)
- Unit 16 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM016O1R)
- Unit 16 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM016O3R)
- Unit 16 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM016O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 16 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM016O1X)(moose)
- Unit 16 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF016O3R)(elk)
- Unit 16 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF016O4R)(elk)
- Unit 16 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF016P3R)(elk)
- Unit 16 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF016P4R)(elk)
- Unit 16 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF016O1A)(moose)
- Unit 16 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF016O1M)(moose)
- Unit 16 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF016O1R)(moose)
- Unit 16 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF016O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 16 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE016O4R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 14 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM014E1R)
- Unit 15 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE015P2R)
- Unit 15 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE015P3R)
- Unit 17 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM017E1R)
- Unit 17 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM017O1R)
- Unit 18 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE018P2R)
- Unit 18 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE018P3R)