Unit 40 either-sex elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EE040O1M
- Unit
- 40
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 11 points: the report shows 9 of 15 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 28 points: the report shows 3 of 4 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 58.8%.
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 | |
| 31 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 29 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 28 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| 27 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 26 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 25 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 24 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 23 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 18 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 100% | – | – | – |
| 16 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 15 | 9 | 60% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | – | – | – |
| 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 107 | 24 | 22% | 49 | 5 | 10% |
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 | 35 | 107 | 24 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 28 |
| 2025 | 35 | 102 | 24 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 26 |
| 2024 | 35 | 106 | 24 | 10 | 55 | 5 | 26 |
| 2023 | 35 | 115 | 24 | 9 | 64 | 5 | 25 |
| 2022 | 35 | 85 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 10 | 22 |
| 2021 | 35 | 86 | 19 | 9 | 84 | 10 | 22 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 20 | 58.8% |
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 40
- Unit 40 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM040O1A)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM040O1M)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O2R)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O3R)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040O4R)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040P2R)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040P3R)(deer)
- Unit 40 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM040W1R)(deer)
- Unit 40 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF040O1M)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040L1R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O1R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O2R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O3R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040O4R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040P5R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040W1R)
- Unit 40 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF040W2R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE040O1A)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O1R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O2R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O3R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040O4R)
- Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE040W1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 38 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF038O1M)
- Unit 38 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM038O1M)
- Unit 39 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF039O1M)
- Unit 39 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM039O1M)
- Unit 41 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF041O1M)
- Unit 41 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM041O1M)
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O2R)
- Unit 42 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF042O3R)