Unit 48 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM048O3R
- Unit
- 48
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 95 of 138 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 16 of 18 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 61.9%.
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 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2 | 36 | 36 | 100% | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| 1 | 138 | 95 | 69% | 18 | 16 | 89% |
| 0 | 166 | 0 | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 351 | 142 | 40% | 46 | 30 | 65% |
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 | 220 | 351 | 142 | 1 | 46 | 30 | 1 |
| 2025 | 220 | 338 | 139 | 1 | 55 | 35 | 1 |
| 2024 | 220 | 301 | 143 | 1 | 45 | 28 | 1 |
| 2023 | 220 | 339 | 151 | 1 | 38 | 25 | 1 |
| 2022 | 220 | 298 | 158 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 1 |
| 2021 | 220 | 340 | 143 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 215 | 133 | 61.9% |
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
- 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 48
- Unit 48 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM048O1A)
- Unit 48 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM048O1M)
- Unit 48 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM048E1R)
- Unit 48 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM048O2R)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM048O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM048O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM048O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM048O1M)(elk)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O1R)(elk)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O2R)(elk)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O3R)(elk)
- Unit 48 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM048O4R)(elk)
- Unit 48 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM048O1X)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF048O1M)(elk)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O2R)(elk)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O3R)(elk)
- Unit 48 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF048O4R)(elk)
- Unit 48 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF048O1A)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF048O1M)(moose)
- Unit 48 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF048O1R)(moose)
- Unit 48 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF048O1M)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, archery (hunt code AF048O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AF048O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 48 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF048O1R)(pronghorn)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 49 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF049O2R)
- Unit 49 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF049O3R)
- Unit 50 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM050O2R)
- Unit 50 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM050O3R)