Unit 551 buck deer, rifle
- Hunt code
- DM551O3R
- Unit
- 551
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 3 points: the report shows 13 of 17 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 12 points: the report shows 3 of 5 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 70.5%.
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 | |
| 19 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 16 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 12 | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 11 | 11 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 17 | 13 | 76% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 19 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 40 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 30 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 125 | 32 | 26% | 62 | 11 | 18% |
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 | 55 | 125 | 32 | 3 | 62 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 50 | 123 | 28 | 3 | 61 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | 50 | 100 | 30 | 3 | 68 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 50 | 126 | 25 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 6 |
| 2022 | 45 | 106 | 24 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 8 |
| 2021 | 45 | 101 | 25 | 4 | 57 | 12 | 11 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 31 | 70.5% |
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 551
- Unit 551 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM551O1A)
- Unit 551 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM551O1M)
- Unit 551 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM551O2R)
- Unit 551 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM551O4R)
- Unit 551 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM551O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 551 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM551O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 551 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM551O1M)(elk)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O1R)(elk)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O2R)(elk)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O3R)(elk)
- Unit 551 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM551O4R)(elk)
- Unit 551 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM551O1X)(moose)
- Unit 551 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF551O1M)(elk)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O1R)(elk)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O2R)(elk)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O3R)(elk)
- Unit 551 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF551O4R)(elk)
- Unit 551 doe deer, archery (hunt code DF551O1A)
- Unit 551 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF551O1M)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O1R)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O2R)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551O3R)
- Unit 551 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF551P5R)
- Unit 551 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE551O1A)(elk)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 511 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF511O2R)
- Unit 511 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF511O3R)
- Unit 512 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF512S1R)
- Unit 512 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM512S1R)
- Unit 591 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF591L1R)
- Unit 591 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM591L1R)
- Unit 682 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE682P5R)