Unit 53 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM053O3R
- Unit
- 53
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 4 points: the report shows 28 of 30 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 19 points: the report shows 1 of 15 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 85.5%.
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 | |
| 25 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 24 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 23 | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| 22 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 21 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 20 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 19 | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 7% |
| 18 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 30 | 28 | 93% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 31 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 35 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 25 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 48 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 191 | 50 | 26% | 131 | 18 | 14% |
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 | 90 | 191 | 50 | 4 | 131 | 18 | 19 |
| 2025 | 90 | 172 | 49 | 4 | 171 | 18 | 20 |
| 2024 | 75 | 192 | 45 | 4 | 194 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023 | 75 | 159 | 38 | 4 | 143 | 21 | 16 |
| 2022 | 75 | 170 | 39 | 4 | 122 | 21 | 15 |
| 2021 | 75 | 163 | 40 | 4 | 152 | 21 | 15 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | 71 | 85.5% |
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 53
- Unit 53 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM053O1A)
- Unit 53 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM053O1M)
- Unit 53 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM053O2R)
- 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.
- Unit 51 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF051P5R)
- Unit 51 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM051O2R)
- Unit 52 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE052P6R)
- Unit 52 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF052P5R)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O1R)
- Unit 54 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF054O2R)
- Unit 55 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF055O1R)
- Unit 55 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF055O2R)