Unit 86 either-sex elk, rifle

Hunt code
EE086O1R
Unit
86
Weapon
Rifle
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 69 of 75 drew at that level.

In 2026, nonresidents needed 0 points: the report shows 11 of 38 drew at that level.

Harvest success in 2025 was 18.5%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
533100%
333100%
266100%
12929100%
0756992%
All11611095%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
433100%
322100%
222100%
12323100%
0381129%
All684160%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026170116110068410
2025170173114060410
2024170154113092420
202317011897072590
2022170147114047440
2021170165104068450
01202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20251572918.5%

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 86

Units listed next to it

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