Unit 40 either-sex elk, rifle

Hunt code
EE040O2R
Unit
40
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 12 points: the report shows 3 of 22 drew at that level. Another 3 residents with fewer points drew in the hybrid draw.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 27 points: the report shows 3 of 5 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 66.7%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
2511100%
2211100%
2011100%
1722100%
1411100%
1344100%
1222314%
111517%
101100%
92000%
81100%
71915%
61300%
51517%
41100%
3600%
2600%
11700%
01400%
All190168%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
3011100%
275360%
25300%
24300%
23400%
22400%
21200%
20500%
19500%
18100%
16300%
15100%
13400%
11300%
10200%
9100%
8400%
7300%
4100%
3100%
2500%
1100%
0500%
All6746%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202625190161267427
202525204171247420
202425156171140427
202325160171165424
202226148151056720
20212615015947719
01427202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025241666.7%

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 40

Units listed next to it

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