Unit 43 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM043O4R
Unit
43
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 4 points: the report shows 8 of 10 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 10 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 68.4%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
533100%
410880%
3900%
21000%
11900%
01900%
All701116%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2511100%
2111100%
1911100%
18100%
16100%
13200%
11200%
1011100%
9300%
8200%
7200%
6200%
5700%
4300%
3400%
2700%
1200%
0400%
All4649%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026207011446410
2025207412444411
202420528356416
20232048933559
202225531433075
202125571332777
0816202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025191368.4%

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

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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.