Unit 851 buck deer, rifle

Hunt code
DM851W2R
Unit
851
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 28 points: the report shows 1 of 2 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
282150%
26400%
25100%
24200%
23200%
22100%
20200%
19100%
18400%
17100%
16200%
15100%
14200%
13400%
12400%
11300%
10300%
9300%
8200%
7500%
6200%
5300%
3800%
2300%
1900%
0800%
All8211%

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
202618212800No Apps
202516712700No Apps
202417212700No Apps
202317813000No Apps
202217512700No Apps
202115212400No Apps
01530202120222023202420252026
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.

Sources

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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.