Unit 85 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM085O2R
- Unit
- 85
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 34 of 208 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 9 of 81 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 53.6%.
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 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 2 | 20 | 19 | 95% | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 1 | 148 | 146 | 99% | 44 | 42 | 95% |
| 0 | 208 | 34 | 16% | 81 | 9 | 11% |
| All | 383 | 206 | 54% | 142 | 68 | 48% |
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 | 400 | 383 | 206 | 0 | 142 | 68 | 0 |
| 2025 | 400 | 379 | 210 | 0 | 154 | 80 | 0 |
| 2024 | 400 | 393 | 228 | 0 | 115 | 67 | 0 |
| 2023 | 400 | 414 | 233 | 0 | 126 | 61 | 0 |
| 2022 | 400 | 436 | 225 | 0 | 106 | 63 | 0 |
| 2021 | 400 | 427 | 229 | 0 | 123 | 61 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 360 | 193 | 53.6% |
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 85
- Unit 85 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM085O1A)
- Unit 85 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM085O1M)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O3R)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O4R)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085W1R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF085V1A)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF085O1M)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085L1R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O2R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O3R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O4R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085P5R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085P6R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W1R)(elk)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W2R)(elk)
- Unit 85 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF085P5R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE085V1A)(elk)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE085O1M)(elk)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O1R)(elk)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O4R)(elk)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085P1R)(elk)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085W1R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 83 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF083W1R)
- Unit 83 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF083W2R)
- Unit 84 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF084P5R)
- Unit 87 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF087L1R)
- Unit 87 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF087O1R)
- Unit 88 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF088L1R)
- Unit 88 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF088O1R)