Unit 85 either-sex elk, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- EE085O1M
- Unit
- 85
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 52 of 71 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 7 of 17 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 36.1%.
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 | |
| 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 10 | 5 | 50% |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 17 | 7 | 41% |
| 1 | 23 | 23 | 100% | 26 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 71 | 52 | 73% | 29 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 103 | 84 | 82% | 100 | 29 | 29% |
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 | 120 | 103 | 84 | 0 | 100 | 29 | 2 |
| 2025 | 120 | 99 | 80 | 0 | 95 | 30 | 2 |
| 2024 | 120 | 110 | 86 | 0 | 92 | 30 | 2 |
| 2023 | 120 | 94 | 75 | 0 | 112 | 40 | 1 |
| 2022 | 130 | 118 | 78 | 0 | 92 | 45 | 0 |
| 2021 | 130 | 108 | 77 | 0 | 108 | 45 | 1 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 43 | 36.1% |
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 85
- Unit 85 buck deer, archery (hunt code DM085O1A)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, muzzleloader (hunt code DM085O1M)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O2R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O3R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085O4R)(deer)
- Unit 85 buck deer, rifle (hunt code DM085W1R)(deer)
- Unit 85 cow elk, archery (hunt code EF085V1A)
- Unit 85 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF085O1M)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085L1R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O2R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O3R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085O4R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085P5R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085P6R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W1R)
- Unit 85 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF085W2R)
- Unit 85 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF085P5R)(deer)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, archery (hunt code EE085V1A)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O1R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085O4R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085P1R)
- Unit 85 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE085W1R)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 83 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE083O1M)
- Unit 83 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF083O1M)
- Unit 84 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE084W1R)
- Unit 84 either-sex elk, rifle (hunt code EE084W2R)
- Unit 86 either-sex elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EE086O1M)
- Unit 86 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF086O1M)
- Unit 104 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF104O1M)
- Unit 104 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM104O1M)