Unit 3 either-sex elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EE003O4R
- Unit
- 3
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 134 of 134 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
In 2026, 113 of 113 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
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 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 1 | 26 | 26 | 100% | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| 0 | 86 | 86 | 100% | 90 | 90 | 100% |
| All | 134 | 134 | 100% | 113 | 113 | 100% |
Residents: Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 3: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.
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 | 500 | 134 | 134 | Choice 3 | 113 | 113 | Choice 3 |
| 2023 | 400 | 80 | 80 | Choice 2 | 102 | 102 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 650 | 77 | 77 | Leftover | 116 | 116 | Leftover |
| 2021 | 650 | 122 | 122 | Leftover | 100 | 100 | Leftover |
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_ELK-26_05142026_1426(draw)
- 20232023ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021ElkDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 3
- Unit 3 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM003O1M)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM003O2R)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM003O3R)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM003O4R)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM003W1R)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM003W2R)(deer)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, archery (hunt code AM003O1A)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, muzzleloader (hunt code AM003O1M)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM003O1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM003P5R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM003W1R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 buck pronghorn, rifle (hunt code AM003W2R)(pronghorn)
- Unit 3 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM003O1R)
- Unit 3 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM003O2R)
- Unit 3 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM003O3R)
- Unit 3 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM003O4R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF003O1M)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003E1R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003L1R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003O1R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003O2R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003O3R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003O4R)
- Unit 3 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF003P5R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 1 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE001E1R)
- Unit 1 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF001L1R)
- Unit 2 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE002E1R)
- Unit 2 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF002L1R)
- Unit 4 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE004O4R)
- Unit 4 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE004W1R)
- Unit 5 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE005O4R)
- Unit 5 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE005W1R)