Unit 44 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM044O4R
Unit
44
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 27 points: the report shows 5 of 5 drew at that level. Another 3 residents with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 29 points: the report shows 1 of 4 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 80%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
3122100%
2833100%
2755100%
26500%
25500%
24400%
231100%
221200%
211300%
202000%
191600%
181300%
171400%
161600%
151400%
141700%
132400%
12800%
111300%
102000%
92514%
82000%
72714%
62900%
53313%
41500%
32700%
22500%
12400%
03200%
All492133%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
3022100%
294125%
28900%
27700%
26800%
25500%
24700%
231000%
22600%
21800%
201400%
191000%
181200%
17800%
16700%
151500%
141100%
13400%
121500%
111100%
101100%
91000%
81800%
72300%
61700%
53700%
42400%
32700%
21900%
12900%
03500%
All42330.7%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026204921327423329
2025203991324349328
2024203391322274329
2023203191321258327
2022201841320190326
2021202131319192325
01529202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025201680%

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 44

Units listed next to it

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