Unit 49 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM049O2R
Unit
49
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 285 of 384 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 46 of 69 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 59.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
2511100%
822100%
733100%
633100%
577100%
4221986%
317516997%
238428574%
140100%
041200%
All1,41048935%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1411100%
1111100%
1044100%
688100%
533100%
488100%
33030100%
2694667%
16600%
07300%
All26310138%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20268001,41048922631012
20258001,55848222631152
20248001,53647522601102
20238001,6264862260942
20228001,6025091237772
20218001,7934941249951
012202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202576045159.3%

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 49

Units listed next to it

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