Unit 851 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM851W1R
Unit
851
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 31 points: the report shows 1 of 6 drew at that level.

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

2026 draw by point level

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

PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
316117%
30200%
29200%
27100%
26200%
25300%
24400%
23300%
22300%
21400%
20500%
19100%
18300%
17300%
15200%
14400%
13100%
12300%
11200%
10800%
9400%
8400%
7400%
6300%
5400%
4500%
3500%
2200%
1100%
0800%
All10211.0%

Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026110213100No Apps
2025111613100No Apps
2024113513000No Apps
2023115713400No Apps
2022113612900No Apps
2021111412800No Apps
01734202120222023202420252026
ResidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

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.