Unit 5 either-sex elk, rifle

Hunt code
EE005W1R
Unit
5
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 17 points: the report shows 2 of 3 drew at that level. Another 2 residents with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.

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
2522100%
2044100%
1911100%
1822100%
173267%
15500%
14600%
13400%
12200%
11700%
10800%
9900%
8700%
7900%
613215%
51000%
41100%
31100%
21200%
11400%
02300%
All163138%

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
202613163131700No Apps
202513143131700No Apps
202413142131400No Apps
202314227141800No Apps
202213195131700No Apps
202112241121700No Apps
0918202120222023202420252026
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 5

Units listed next to it

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