Unit 54 buck deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DM054O1M
Unit
54
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 20 of 25 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 6 points: the report shows 4 of 8 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 24.4%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
4100%
299100%
1252080%
02900%
All642945%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
83267%
744100%
68450%
5800%
4700%
3400%
2200%
1300%
0100%
All401025%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026506429140106
2025504329035105
2024505631145105
2023505527146153
2022505131038144
2021505630150143
036202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025451124.4%

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 54

Units listed next to it

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