Unit 161 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM161O3R
- Unit
- 161
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 2 points: the report shows 1 of 12 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 5 points: the report shows 4 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 39.3%.
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% | – | – | – |
| 6 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 12 | 1 | 8% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 18 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 18 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 64 | 17 | 27% | 25 | 6 | 24% |
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 | 30 | 64 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 30 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 35 | 88 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 35 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 30 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 25 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 45 | 7 | 6 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 11 | 39.3% |
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 161
- Unit 161 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM161E1R)
- Unit 161 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM161O1R)
- Unit 161 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM161O2R)
- Unit 161 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM161O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 161 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM161O1X)(moose)
- Unit 161 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF161O3R)(elk)
- Unit 161 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF161O4R)(elk)
- Unit 161 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF161P3R)(elk)
- Unit 161 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF161P4R)(elk)
- Unit 161 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF161O1A)(moose)
- Unit 161 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF161O1M)(moose)
- Unit 161 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF161O1R)(moose)
- Unit 161 doe pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AF161O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 161 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE161O4R)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 145 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF145L1R)
- Unit 145 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM145L1R)
- Unit 147 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF147L1R)
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171E1R)
- Unit 171 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM171O1R)
- Unit 201 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM201O2R)
- Unit 201 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM201O3R)