Unit 28 either-sex elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EE028O1M
- Unit
- 28
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 38 of 123 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 1 points: the report shows 10 of 19 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 9%.
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 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 7 | 5 | 71% |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | 100% | 19 | 10 | 53% |
| 0 | 123 | 38 | 31% | 49 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 150 | 65 | 43% | 82 | 22 | 27% |
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 | 90 | 150 | 65 | 0 | 82 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 245 | 179 | 175 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 0 |
| 2024 | 330 | 156 | 156 | Choice 2 | 96 | 96 | Choice 2 |
| 2023 | 420 | 176 | 176 | Choice 2 | 91 | 91 | Choice 2 |
| 2022 | 465 | 190 | 190 | Choice 2 | 117 | 117 | Choice 2 |
| 2021 | 520 | 274 | 274 | Choice 2 | 139 | 139 | Choice 2 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 244 | 22 | 9% |
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 28
- Unit 28 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM028G1X)(moose)
- Unit 28 bull moose, weapon code X (hunt code MM028O1X)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF028O1M)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028L1R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O1R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O2R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O3R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028O4R)
- Unit 28 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF028P5R)
- Unit 28 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF028G1A)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, archery (hunt code MF028O1A)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF028G1M)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, muzzleloader (hunt code MF028O1M)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028G1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028L1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 cow moose, rifle (hunt code MF028O1R)(moose)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE028P1A)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE028V1A)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028O1R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028O4R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028P1R)
- Unit 28 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE028P4R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 26 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF026L1R)
- Unit 26 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM026O4R)
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O1R)
- Unit 27 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE027O4R)
- Unit 29 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF029O1M)
- Unit 29 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM029O1M)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030L1R)
- Unit 30 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF030O3R)