Unit 40 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM040O2R
Unit
40
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 30 of 46 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 7 points: the report shows 12 of 22 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 74.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1122100%
533100%
42626100%
3463065%
23600%
14900%
05600%
All2186128%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1811100%
1111100%
1011100%
911100%
89889%
7221255%
61500%
51500%
4600%
31000%
21400%
11100%
01600%
All1222420%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026120218613122247
2025120240663149246
2024120246673132245
2023120240553151325
2022135265673166384
2021135236622159343
047202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20251098174.3%

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.

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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.