Unit 50 buck deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DM050O1M
Unit
50
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 16 of 47 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 3 points: the report shows 6 of 7 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 27.3%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
11100%
7100%
533100%
42150%
377100%
2471634%
13800%
04800%
All1472718%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
522100%
37686%
2400%
1700%
0500%
All25832%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026451472722583
2025501233222162
2024601394212181
20239013557127191
2022901516012491
202111016375125101
023202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025441227.3%

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 50

Units listed next to it

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