Unit 23 either-sex elk, rifle
- Hunt code
- EE023W1R
- Unit
- 23
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 27 points: the report shows 1 of 1 drew at that level.
No nonresidents applied in 2026.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 32 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 26 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 23 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 22 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 21 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 39 | 2 | 5% |
Nonresidents: No first-choice applicants.
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 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2025 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2024 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2023 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2022 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
| 2021 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | No Apps |
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)
- 2025PostDrawRecapReport_ELK-25_05172025_0612(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Statewide Harvest Final(harvest)
- 20242024-Primary-ELK-Post-Draw-Report(draw)
- 20232023ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20222022ElkDrawRecap(draw)
- 20212021ElkDrawRecap(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 23
- Unit 23 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM023O1M)(deer)
- Unit 23 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF023P5R)
- Unit 23 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF023W1R)
- Unit 23 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF023W2R)
- Unit 23 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF023W3R)
- Unit 23 doe deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DF023O1M)(deer)
- Unit 23 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF023W1R)(deer)
- Unit 23 either-sex deer, archery (hunt code DE023O1A)(deer)
- Unit 23 either-sex deer, rifle (hunt code DE023W1R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O1R)
- Unit 21 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE021O4R)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022L1R)
- Unit 22 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF022O2R)
- Unit 25 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE025W1R)
- Unit 25 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF025O1R)
- Unit 26 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF026L1R)
- Unit 26 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM026O4R)