Unit 21 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM021O3R
- Unit
- 21
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 7 points: the report shows 20 of 20 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 21 points: the report shows 1 of 8 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 89.6%.
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 | |
| 28 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 27 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 26 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 23 | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| 22 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 21 | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | 13% |
| 20 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 19 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 8 | 8 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 18 | 18 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 20 | 20 | 100% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 31 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 22 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 38 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 27 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 28 | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 38 | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 44 | 0 | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 300 | 71 | 24% | 212 | 17 | 8% |
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 | 110 | 300 | 71 | 7 | 212 | 17 | 21 |
| 2025 | 100 | 242 | 64 | 6 | 179 | 16 | 21 |
| 2024 | 95 | 223 | 62 | 7 | 170 | 15 | 20 |
| 2023 | 85 | 226 | 56 | 7 | 183 | 13 | 20 |
| 2022 | 85 | 267 | 56 | 9 | 188 | 13 | 20 |
| 2021 | 85 | 247 | 56 | 8 | 198 | 13 | 19 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 86 | 89.6% |
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 DM021O2R)
- 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)