Unit 444 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM444O3R
- Unit
- 444
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 9 of 60 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 2 of 30 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 67.1%.
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 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 30 | 2 | 7% |
| 1 | 30 | 30 | 100% | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 60 | 9 | 15% | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 95 | 44 | 46% | 78 | 15 | 19% |
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 | 80 | 95 | 44 | 0 | 78 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 80 | 78 | 43 | 0 | 95 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 100 | 74 | 60 | 0 | 74 | 21 | 1 |
| 2023 | 100 | 72 | 50 | 0 | 73 | 28 | 1 |
| 2022 | 100 | 75 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 28 | 1 |
| 2021 | 100 | 72 | 59 | 0 | 70 | 27 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | 51 | 67.1% |
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
- 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 444
- Unit 444 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM444O1M)
- Unit 444 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM444O2R)
- Unit 444 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM444O4R)
- Unit 444 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM444O4R)(elk)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444O2R)(elk)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444O3R)(elk)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444O4R)(elk)
- Unit 444 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF444P5R)(elk)
- Unit 444 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF444O1M)
- Unit 444 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF444O2R)
- Unit 444 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF444O3R)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE444O1A)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE444P2R)
- Unit 444 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE444P3R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 411 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE411P6R)
- Unit 411 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF411P5R)
- Unit 441 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE441W1R)
- Unit 441 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF441W1R)
- Unit 471 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM471E1R)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P2R)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P3R)