Unit 43 buck deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DM043O1M
Unit
43
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 37 of 37 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 68 of 68 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 28.9%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1111100%
411100%
311100%
233100%
177100%
03737100%
All5050100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
611100%
322100%
288100%
12525100%
06868100%
All104104100%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026160505001041040
20251604747Choice 28383Choice 2
20241604444Choice 28282Choice 2
20231603837Choice 29999Choice 2
20222006060Choice 27878Choice 2
20212006161Choice 28787Choice 2
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20251424128.9%

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.

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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.