Unit 18 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM018O2R
- Unit
- 18
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 543 of 558 residents drew (97%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 208 of 210 nonresidents drew (>99%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Harvest success in 2025 was 31.1%.
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 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 82% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 2 | 44 | 43 | 98% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 1 | 85 | 83 | 98% | 35 | 35 | 100% |
| 0 | 407 | 397 | 98% | 158 | 156 | 99% |
| All | 558 | 543 | 97% | 210 | 208 | >99% |
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 | 955 | 558 | 543 | Choice 2 | 210 | 208 | Choice 2 |
| 2025 | 955 | 509 | 507 | Choice 2 | 145 | 144 | Choice 2 |
| 2024 | 545 | 585 | 395 | 0 | 177 | 110 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,095 | 550 | 544 | Choice 2 | 143 | 143 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 1,455 | 537 | 537 | Choice 3 | 164 | 164 | Choice 3 |
| 2021 | 1,615 | 648 | 648 | Choice 2 | 211 | 211 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 948 | 295 | 31.1% |
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
- 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 18
- Unit 18 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM018O1M)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O3R)
- Unit 18 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM018O4R)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM018O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM018O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM018P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018O1X)(moose)
- Unit 18 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM018S1X)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF018V1A)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF018O1M)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018L1R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O1R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O2R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O3R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018O4R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF018P5R)(elk)
- Unit 18 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF018O1A)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF018O1M)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF018L1R)(moose)
- Unit 18 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF018O1R)(moose)
- Unit 18 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF018O1M)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O2R)
- Unit 18 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF018O3R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 16 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM016E1R)
- Unit 16 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM016O1R)
- Unit 17 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM017E1R)
- Unit 17 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM017O1R)
- Unit 19 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM019O2R)
- Unit 19 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM019O3R)
- Unit 20 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF020O2R)
- Unit 20 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF020O3R)