Unit 40 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM040O4R
- Unit
- 40
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 13 points: the report shows 2 of 2 drew at that level. Another 1 resident with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 28 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 60%.
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% |
| 26 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 23 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 14 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 100 | 7 | 7% | 58 | 1 | 2% |
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 | 10 | 100 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 28 |
| 2025 | 10 | 120 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 1 | 26 |
| 2024 | 10 | 86 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 17 |
| 2023 | 10 | 70 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 10 | 90 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 18 |
| 2021 | 10 | 179 | 6 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 17 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
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 40
- Unit 40 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM040O1A)
- Unit 40 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM040O1M)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O2R)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O3R)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040P2R)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040P3R)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040W1R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF040O1M)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040L1R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O1R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O2R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O3R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O4R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040P5R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040W1R)(elk)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040W2R)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE040O1A)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE040O1M)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O1R)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O2R)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O3R)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O4R)(elk)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040W1R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 38 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE038L1R)
- Unit 38 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE038L2R)
- Unit 39 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF039O2R)
- Unit 39 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF039O3R)
- Unit 41 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF041O2R)
- Unit 41 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF041O3R)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE043P2R)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE043P3R)