Unit 61 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM061O2R
Unit
61
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 8 of 22 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 12 points: the report shows 2 of 2 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 61.8%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1511100%
1111100%
922100%
811100%
744100%
633100%
52020100%
42323100%
322836%
23200%
12900%
04500%
All1836334%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2811100%
2222100%
1811100%
1611100%
1566100%
1422100%
1377100%
1222100%
11400%
10800%
9300%
81000%
7600%
6800%
5600%
4900%
3600%
21000%
1400%
01300%
All1092220%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20261101836331092212
2025802094741101612
2024902664941241810
202390269454123259
202290316434142259
202190346474163259
0612202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025684261.8%

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 61

Units listed next to it

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