Unit 117 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM117L1R
Unit
117
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 16 of 16 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2025 was 23.1%.

2026 draw by point level

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

PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
211100%
111100%
01414100%
All1616100%

Residents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026301616Choice 200Choice 2
2025451818Leftover00Leftover
20246099Leftover33Leftover
2023601313Leftover22Leftover
2022602020Choice 300Choice 3
20216039390540
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202539923.1%

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 117

Units listed next to it

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