Unit 481 either-sex elk, archery
- Hunt code
- EE481O1A
- Unit
- 481
- Weapon
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, residents needed 0 points: the report shows 18 of 67 drew at that level.
In 2026, nonresidents needed 2 points: the report shows 8 of 13 drew at that level.
Harvest success in 2025 was 20.8%.
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 | |
| 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 6 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 19 | 13 | 68% |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 100% | 13 | 8 | 62% |
| 1 | 44 | 42 | 95% | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 67 | 18 | 27% | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 124 | 73 | 59% | 61 | 26 | 43% |
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 | 110 | 124 | 73 | 0 | 61 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 110 | 124 | 76 | 0 | 59 | 26 | 2 |
| 2024 | 100 | 124 | 65 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 2 |
| 2023 | 100 | 103 | 57 | 0 | 96 | 32 | 1 |
| 2022 | 100 | 109 | 61 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 1 |
| 2021 | 100 | 120 | 65 | 0 | 84 | 28 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | 22 | 20.8% |
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 481
- Unit 481 bull elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EM481O1M)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O1R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O2R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O3R)
- Unit 481 bull elk, rifle (hunt code EM481O4R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, muzzleloader (hunt code EF481O1M)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O2R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O3R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481O4R)
- Unit 481 cow elk, rifle (hunt code EF481P5R)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P2R)(deer)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P3R)(deer)
- Unit 481 doe deer, rifle (hunt code DF481P5R)(deer)
Units listed next to it
In CPW's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.