Unit 21 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM021O2R
- Unit
- 21
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 39 of 155 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 10 points: the report shows 2 of 45 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 84.7%.
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 | |
| 24 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 20 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 19 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 17 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 16 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| 14 | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 12 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| 11 | – | – | – | 20 | 19 | 95% |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 45 | 2 | 4% |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 37 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 45 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 86% | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 42 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 109 | 107 | 98% | 31 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 155 | 39 | 25% | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 107 | 0 | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 55 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 667 | 176 | 26% | 471 | 65 | 14% |
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 | 325 | 667 | 176 | 3 | 471 | 65 | 10 |
| 2025 | 310 | 667 | 171 | 3 | 384 | 62 | 9 |
| 2024 | 300 | 692 | 158 | 3 | 301 | 60 | 9 |
| 2023 | 310 | 588 | 153 | 3 | 320 | 86 | 8 |
| 2022 | 310 | 545 | 152 | 3 | 341 | 86 | 8 |
| 2021 | 310 | 535 | 148 | 3 | 324 | 86 | 8 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 288 | 244 | 84.7% |
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 21
- Unit 21 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM021O1A)
- Unit 21 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM021O1M)
- Unit 21 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM021O3R)
- Unit 21 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM021O1R)(elk)
- Unit 21 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM021O4R)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF021V1A)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF021O1M)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O1R)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O2R)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O3R)(elk)
- Unit 21 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF021O4R)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE021P1A)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE021V1A)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE021O1M)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O1R)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O4R)(elk)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021P1R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 22 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF022O2R)
- Unit 22 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF022O3R)
- Unit 23 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE023W1R)
- Unit 23 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF023W1R)