Unit 851 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM851O2R
Unit
851
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 9 points: the report shows 1 of 2 drew at that level. Another 1 resident with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.

In 2026, 0 of 9 nonresidents drew (0%). None drawn.

Harvest success in 2025 was 20%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1411100%
1022100%
92150%
8200%
7100%
65120%
5600%
4300%
3200%
2500%
1100%
0500%
All35514%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
6100%
5100%
4100%
2200%
1100%
0300%
All900%

Nonresidents: None drawn.

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20265355990None Drawn
20255284104115
20245394118116
20235354710126
20225464127126
202152048418
01326202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20255120%

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.

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Other hunts in unit 851

Units listed next to it

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