Unit 40 buck deer, archery

Hunt code
DM040O1A
Unit
40
Weapon
Archery
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 33 of 33 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 2 of 16 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 62.3%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
711100%
533100%
422100%
33333100%
23500%
13400%
02600%
All1343929%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1011100%
833100%
722100%
622100%
56467%
416213%
3900%
2900%
1900%
0700%
All641422%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20267013439364144
20257013841245143
20247012740241133
20237014538258172
20228012843245192
20218013140256222
024202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025694362.3%

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

See a number that doesn't match the report? Tell us.

Other hunts in unit 40

Units listed next to it

In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.