Unit 53 buck deer, archery
- Hunt code
- DM053O1A
- Unit
- 53
- Weapon
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 19 of 23 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 4 points: the report shows 3 of 8 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 23.3%.
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 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 8 | 3 | 38% |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 23 | 19 | 83% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 38 | 34 | 89% | 52 | 11 | 21% |
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 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 55 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 4 |
| 2023 | 50 | 44 | 26 | 1 | 64 | 14 | 3 |
| 2022 | 50 | 45 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | 50 | 52 | 24 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 10 | 23.3% |
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
- 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 53
- Unit 53 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM053O1M)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O2R)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O3R)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O4R)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P2R)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053P3R)
- Unit 53 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM053O1M)(elk)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM053O4R)(elk)
- Unit 53 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM053O1X)(moose)
- Unit 53 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF053O1M)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O2R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O3R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053O4R)(elk)
- Unit 53 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF053P5R)(elk)
- Unit 53 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF053P5R)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE053V1A)(elk)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P1R)(elk)
- Unit 53 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE053P4R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.