Unit 43 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM043O3R
- Unit
- 43
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 44 of 77 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 5 points: the report shows 17 of 22 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 67.4%.
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 | |
| 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 22 | 17 | 77% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 21 | 20 | 95% | 23 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 77 | 44 | 57% | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 90 | 0 | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 197 | 73 | 37% | 162 | 27 | 17% |
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 | 140 | 197 | 73 | 1 | 162 | 27 | 5 |
| 2025 | 140 | 207 | 78 | 1 | 197 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 140 | 157 | 71 | 1 | 165 | 26 | 3 |
| 2023 | 140 | 177 | 70 | 1 | 189 | 37 | 3 |
| 2022 | 175 | 179 | 85 | 0 | 154 | 44 | 2 |
| 2021 | 175 | 173 | 86 | 0 | 158 | 45 | 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | 91 | 67.4% |
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 43
- Unit 43 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM043O1M)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043E1R)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043O2R)
- Unit 43 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM043O4R)
- Unit 43 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM043O1M)(elk)
- Unit 43 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM043O1X)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF043V1A)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF043O1M)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O1R)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O2R)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O3R)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043O4R)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF043P5R)(elk)
- Unit 43 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF043O1A)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF043O1M)(moose)
- Unit 43 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF043O1R)(moose)
- Unit 43 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF043K1M)
- Unit 43 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF043O1M)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043K2R)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043K3R)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043O2R)
- Unit 43 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF043O3R)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE043O1A)
- Unit 43 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE043P2R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O2R)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O3R)
- Unit 41 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF041O2R)
- Unit 41 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF041O3R)
- Unit 44 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE044P2R)
- Unit 44 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE044P3R)
- Unit 47 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM047E1R)