Unit 68 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM068O2R
- Unit
- 68
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 134 of 139 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 3 points: the report shows 24 of 58 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 64.9%.
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% | – | – | – |
| 10 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 19 | 16 | 84% |
| 3 | 30 | 25 | 83% | 58 | 24 | 41% |
| 2 | 139 | 134 | 96% | 43 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 171 | 0 | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 169 | 0 | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 524 | 171 | 33% | 203 | 55 | 27% |
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 | 280 | 524 | 171 | 2 | 203 | 55 | 3 |
| 2025 | 280 | 507 | 162 | 2 | 220 | 51 | 3 |
| 2024 | 320 | 518 | 194 | 1 | 168 | 59 | 2 |
| 2023 | 320 | 550 | 165 | 2 | 188 | 86 | 2 |
| 2022 | 320 | 580 | 182 | 2 | 168 | 85 | 2 |
| 2021 | 320 | 655 | 185 | 2 | 255 | 83 | 3 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 259 | 168 | 64.9% |
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 68
- Unit 68 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM068O1A)
- Unit 68 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM068O1M)
- Unit 68 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM068O3R)
- Unit 68 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM068O4R)
- Unit 68 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM068O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 68 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM068O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 68 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM068O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 68 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM068O1M)(elk)
- Unit 68 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM068O1R)(elk)
- Unit 68 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM068O4R)(elk)
- Unit 68 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM068O1X)(moose)
- Unit 68 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF068O1M)(elk)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068O2R)(elk)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068O3R)(elk)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068O4R)(elk)
- Unit 68 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF068P5R)(elk)
- Unit 68 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE068V1A)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 66 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF066O2R)
- Unit 66 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF066O3R)
- Unit 67 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF067O2R)
- Unit 67 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF067O3R)
- Unit 69 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF069L1R)
- Unit 69 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF069P2R)
- Unit 70 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF070P2R)
- Unit 70 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF070P3R)