Unit 18 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM018O3R
- Unit
- 18
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 347 of 430 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 77 of 234 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 42.2%.
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 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 14 | 14 | 100% |
| 2 | 60 | 59 | 98% | 37 | 33 | 89% |
| 1 | 64 | 64 | 100% | 53 | 44 | 83% |
| 0 | 430 | 347 | 81% | 234 | 77 | 33% |
| All | 579 | 495 | 85% | 346 | 175 | 51% |
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 | 800 | 579 | 495 | 0 | 346 | 175 | 0 |
| 2025 | 800 | 477 | 472 | 0 | 248 | 230 | 0 |
| 2024 | 415 | 439 | 245 | 0 | 192 | 84 | 0 |
| 2023 | 830 | 445 | 445 | Choice 2 | 248 | 248 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 1,105 | 526 | 526 | Choice 2 | 344 | 344 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 1,225 | 560 | 560 | Choice 2 | 393 | 393 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 772 | 326 | 42.2% |
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 DM018O2R)
- 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)