Unit 6 either-sex elk, rifle

Hunt code
EE006O4R
Unit
6
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 40 of 40 residents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

In 2026, 11 of 11 nonresidents drew (100%). Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Harvest success in 2025 was 2.6%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
511100%
144100%
03535100%
All4040100%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
322100%
177100%
022100%
All1111100%

Residents: Drawn out on choice 2: every first-choice applicant drew and licenses were left for later choices.

Nonresidents: Drawn out on choice 2: 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.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026804040Choice 21111Choice 2
2025805252029250
2024802929Choice 21010Choice 2
2023803434Choice 220200
2022803030Leftover1313Leftover
2021804040Choice 21717Choice 2
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20257722.6%

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 6

Units listed next to it

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