Unit 43 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM043E1R
Unit
43
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 4 points: the report shows 13 of 13 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 9 points: the report shows 1 of 2 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 63.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1411100%
1211100%
744100%
633100%
511100%
41313100%
31500%
21000%
12200%
02100%
All912325%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2311100%
1511100%
132150%
1111100%
103267%
92150%
8700%
7600%
6300%
5200%
4200%
3700%
2600%
1200%
0100%
All46715%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202630912344679
202530922335277
2024301222346177
2023307720351105
2022408025348144
2021408525345144
059202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025301963.3%

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

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Other hunts in unit 43

Units listed next to it

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