Unit S56 ram desert bighorn sheep, rifle
- Hunt code
- CMS56O1R
- Unit
- S56
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 2 of 1,276 drew at that level.
No nonresidents applied in 2026.
Harvest success in 2025 was 100%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 0 | 1,276 | 2 | 0.2% |
| All | 1,276 | 2 | 0.2% |
Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 4 | 1,276 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2025 | 4 | 1,246 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2023 | 4 | 1,055 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2022 | 4 | 948 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2021 | 4 | 1,014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
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_DESER-26_04212026_1115(draw)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_DESER-25_04142025_1409(draw)
- 20252025 Statewide Desert Bighorn Sheep Harvest(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw)
- 20232023-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw)
- 20222022-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw)
- 20212021-Primary-Desert-Sheep-Post-Draw-Recap-Report(draw)
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