Unit 51 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM051P5R
- Unit
- 51
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 3 of 59 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 4 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 61.5%.
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 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 1 | 52 | 52 | 100% | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 0 | 59 | 3 | 5% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 129 | 73 | 57% | 9 | 5 | 56% |
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 | 110 | 129 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 110 | 164 | 76 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 110 | 161 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 120 | 150 | 85 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 100 | 142 | 69 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 100 | 131 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 59 | 61.5% |
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 51
- Unit 51 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM051O1M)
- Unit 51 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM051O2R)
- Unit 51 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM051O3R)
- Unit 51 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM051O4R)
- Unit 51 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM051O1M)(elk)
- Unit 51 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM051O1R)(elk)
- Unit 51 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM051O2R)(elk)
- Unit 51 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM051O3R)(elk)
- Unit 51 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM051O4R)(elk)
- Unit 51 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM051O1X)(moose)
- Unit 51 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF051O1M)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF051O1R)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF051O2R)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF051O3R)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF051O4R)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF051P5R)(elk)
- Unit 51 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF051O1A)(moose)
- Unit 51 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF051O1M)(moose)
- Unit 51 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF051L1R)(moose)
- Unit 51 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF051O1R)(moose)
- Unit 51 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF051O1M)
- Unit 51 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF051P5R)
- Unit 51 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE051O1A)
- Unit 51 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE051O1A)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- 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)
- Unit 52 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE052P6R)
- Unit 52 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF052P5R)
- Unit 53 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF053P5R)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O2R)