Unit 12 either-sex elk, muzzleloader

Hunt code
EE012O1M
Unit
12
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 1 points: the report shows 36 of 53 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 8 points: the report shows 4 of 5 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 37.6%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
11100%
1022100%
911100%
733100%
611100%
511100%
43267%
38675%
2232087%
1533668%
04600%
All1427251%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2011100%
1633100%
1511100%
122150%
1166100%
1055100%
95480%
85480%
71000%
6800%
51100%
41400%
31200%
21200%
11700%
03600%
All1482517%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; CPW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026100142721148258
2025100159701116258
20241009771071255
2023100146612116356
2022100192602134357
2021100214612146356
048202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025933537.6%

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 12

Units listed next to it

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