Unit 40 buck deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DM040O1M
Unit
40
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 2 of 12 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 7 points: the report shows 2 of 2 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 75.9%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
611100%
522100%
41313100%
312217%
21000%
11000%
0900%
All571832%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1311100%
1011100%
822100%
722100%
6300%
5400%
4200%
3200%
2300%
1200%
0200%
All24625%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202630571832467
202530671732067
202430771733068
202330681632185
2022355617227105
2021356819232104
048202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025292275.9%

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

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Other hunts in unit 40

Units listed next to it

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