Unit 48 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM048E1R
Unit
48
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

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

In 2026, nonresidents needed 12 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 57.9%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1411100%
1111100%
1011100%
999100%
844100%
7700%
6600%
5900%
4800%
31600%
21300%
11200%
02100%
All1081615%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1511100%
1411100%
1311100%
1211100%
9300%
8200%
5200%
4300%
3100%
2100%
1100%
0300%
All20420%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20262010816820412
20252013316823413
2024201331672349
202320971661949
202220991662546
2021201181561756
0713202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025191157.9%

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.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 48

Units listed next to it

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